False Positive on Arterial stenosis on a Head CTA.
Wanted to share a story of my recent CTA to see what you all think of the story. I was in the ER for neck pain and they did a CTA on me. The test results were patent and that’s what it all said on the paper work I got from the hospital. Now when I get home I go on my chart and I see that the paper I got vs the results on mychart were different. On mychart it said I had mild to moderate stenosis in a left middle cerebral arterial branch. I called up the ER and they said oh yeah that’s an odd finding for someone your age (M28) and they referred me to neurosurgery who then referred me to regular neurology. I got an appointment for 3 months out and at that point I was frustrated on my lack of guidance. I ended up going back to the ER at the main hospital trying to find out wich findings were correct the one on the physical paper or the ones in my chart. This Was the only way I could get a neurology team to review the scans. The ER doc and also the supervisor said they have never seen the discharge paper work results be different than what’s on my chart. They went to the neurology department who reviewed my scans and came back and said everything looks patent and the radiologist overestimated. I didn’t press and was happy to find out I didn’t have stenosis in my head. After browsing on Reddit I come to find out some hospitals are forcing radiologists to include AI findings as well as their own.
What are everyone’s opinions on if this sounds like an AI situation? Not asking for medical advice. Wanted to see what everyone’s experience is with AI in radiology and if AI is increasing unnecessary appointments for patients with false positive findings.