Medical News Summary: Wrongly diagnosed cancer leads to unnecessary removal of lung lobe

About: Wrongly diagnosed cancer leads to unnecessary removal of lung lobe
Date: September 2004
Source: Virginia Medical Law Report
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Virginia Medical Law Report): A man sought treatment for a persistent cough. Tests indicated a malignant mass in his lung which was then removed. Pathology of the removed tissue showed no malignancy but a histoplasmosis instead. Histoplasmosis can be readily treated with antibiotics. A medical malpractice suit followed and was settled for $250,000.
URL: http://www.vamedicallaw.com/archives/pdf/mlrva/mlrva200409.pdf
Related Disease Topics: Lung Cancer, Histoplasmosis

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

• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• Cancer
• misdiagnosis of cancer
• misdiagnosis of lung cancer
• misdiagnosis of histoplasmosis
• Malpractice
• malpractice and cancer
• malpractice and lung cancer
• malpractice and histoplasmosis

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