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Cancer, stroke, cardiac, and other diagnostic failures. Browse representative matters below.
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Cancer, stroke, cardiac, and other diagnostic failures
Showing 6 representative matters in Misdiagnosis & Delayed Diagnosis
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Delayed diagnosis of breast cancer
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Radiologist failed to identify a suspicious mass on mammogram, resulting in a 14-month delay in cancer diagnosis and disease progression from Stage 1 to Stage 3.
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Missed stroke diagnosis in ER
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Emergency department failed to recognize stroke symptoms in a young patient, delaying treatment beyond the tPA window and resulting in permanent disability.
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Failure to diagnose aortic dissection
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ER physicians misattributed chest pain to musculoskeletal causes and discharged the patient, who suffered a fatal aortic rupture hours later.
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Delayed sepsis diagnosis
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Failure to initiate the sepsis protocol in a timely manner resulted in septic shock, multi-organ failure, and permanent kidney damage.
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Missed colon cancer on colonoscopy
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Gastroenterologist failed to identify a visible tumor during screening colonoscopy, resulting in an 18-month delay in cancer diagnosis.
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Failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism
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Patient presenting with shortness of breath and chest pain was discharged with a diagnosis of anxiety. The patient suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism the following day.
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