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Table 4 Analysis of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis (N = 32)

From: Clinical characteristics and misdiagnosis of spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection

Type

Cause classification

Diseases of misdiagnosis

Imaging tests with reporting problems

Yun Classification

N (%)

Misdiagnosis (N = 28)

Insufficient awareness (N = 14)

Gastrointestinal dysfunction

–

IIb

3 (9.4)

Urinary calculi

–

IIb

1 (3.1)

III

1 (3.1)

Acute gastritis

–

IIb

1 (3.1)

Scapulohumeral periarthritis

–

IIb

1 (3.1)

Mesenteric vein thrombosis

CECT

IIa

1 (3.1)

SMA embolism

CECT

IIb

4 (12.5)

CECT

III

1 (3.1)

CTA

IIb

1 (3.1)

Disease features (N = 12)

SMA embolism

CECT

IIa

1 (3.1)

IIb

6 (18.8)

III

2 (6.3)

CTA

IIb

1 (3.1)

III

1 (3.1)

Abdominal aortic CTA

IIb

1 (3.1)

Imaging quality (N = 2)

SMA embolism

CECT

IIb

1 (3.1)

CTA

1 (3.1)

Missed diagnosis (N = 4)

Insufficient awareness (N = 3)

 

CECT

I

1 (3.1)

CECT

IIb

1 (3.1)

CECT

III

1 (3.1)

Disease features (N = 1)

CTA

IIa

1 (3.1)

  1. SMA superior mesenteric artery, CECT contrast-enhanced computed tomography, CTA computed tomography angiography