Errors in diagnosis are, by far, the most common generic cause of malpractice suits against radiologists. In this category, breast cancer was the most frequently missed diagnosis, followed by nonvertebral fractures and spinal fractures. Failure to communicate and failure to recommend additional testing are both uncommon reasons for initiating a suit.
Vaccination is one of the several known triggers of Parsonage-Turner syndrome
(PTS). This report describes 2 individuals with clinical presentations of
PTS whose symptoms began 13 hours and 18 days following receipt of the
Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and Moderna mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine,
respectively. The diagnosis of PTS was confirmed using both
electrodiagnostic testing and 3 Tesla magnetic resonance (MR) neurography.
While research is needed to understand the association between PTS and
COVID-19 vaccination, MR neurography may be used to confirm suspected cases
of PTS as COVID-19 vaccines continue to be distributed worldwide.
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