Medical News Summary: Woman’s bowel cancer was not diagnosed until after her death

About: Woman’s bowel cancer was not diagnosed until after her death
Date: 22 May 2004
Source: South Devon Herald Express
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by South Devon Herald Express): A woman went to hospital after suffering from stomach pains and diarrhea for 6 weeks. A barium enema revealed the cancer but it was not diagnosed. Her stomach became increasingly swollen and she was taken back to the hospital where they performed surgery to clear a massive bowel obstruction (which was later discovered to be bowel cancer) but she died the next day. Her daughter is now suing the hospital.
URL: http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?command=newPage&nodeId=134821&contentPK=10046618
Related Disease Topics: Bowel cancer, Bowel obstruction, Cancer
Related Symptom Topics: Stomach pains, diarrhea
Related Medical Test Topics: Barium enema

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Related Medical News Channels: This medical news summary article refers to the following medical channel categories:

• misdiagnosis of bowel cancer
• nondiagnosis of bowel cancer
• Misdiagnosis of stomach pains
• misdiagnosis of diarrhea
• causes of bowel obstruction
• misdiagnosis of bowel obstruction
• deaths from bowel obstruction
• malpractice and bowel cancer
• malpractice and cancer

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