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Hemachromatosis is a hereditary disorder in which the body produces an excessive amount of iron in the blood. It is the most common hereditary disease among white males in North America. The first signs of hemochromatosis usually come in the of liver function studies which are abnormal for no obvious reason. When a physician sees… read more
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For people diagnosed with throat cancer, radiation is a mainstay of treatment, but doctors have to be careful about the extent of the radiation they deliver to the patient. In this case, our client had a small, localized area of cancer near the vocal cord, yet radiation was ordered for the entire throat and beyond…. read more
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A middle-aged man from Somerset County had a mole removed from his back but, rather than having the mole tested, the doctor threw the tissue in the wastebasket! Two years later, this man was found to have a malignant melanoma at that same site. Unfortunately, because of the delay in discovering the melanoma, this man… read more
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A middle-aged woman from Pittsburgh suffered a two-year delay in diagnosing a cancerous brain tumor. As a result of the delay, she had to undergo much more aggressive surgery, and her life expectancy may be shortened. We obtained a significant six-figure recovery on her behalf.
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A young man from Erie had an abnormal growth in the bone of his lower leg. The growth was removed, but the pathologist who looked at the tissue under a microscope failed to identify that the growth was cancerous. As a result, no treatment was given for almost two years. By that time, the cancer… read more
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A young woman from the South Hills who was married with two small children made complaints about rectal bleeding, which were ignored by her OB/GYN for more than a year. It turned out that she had colon and rectal cancer. Fortunately, the woman is still alive today, but the delay in diagnosing her cancer has increased… read more
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A retired man from Erie had a routine chest X-ray done before entering the hospital for surgery on his leg. The chest X-ray showed suspicious signs that he might have lung cancer, but his doctor never read the report of the X-ray results and, as a result, the man was never referred for further investigation… read more
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A single mother from Allegheny developed cervical cancer, which should have been discovered at least a few years earlier if a pap smear test had been read correctly. Because of the delay in diagnosing her cervical cancer, this woman eventually died. We obtained an award in excess of a million dollars for this woman’s young child.
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A 54-year-old nurse from Uniontown, Fayette County, experienced a two-year delay in diagnosing lung cancer because a radiologist at a hospital in Connellsville, Fayette County, “missed” an obvious spot on her lung that should have been seen on a CT scan. Because of the delay, what started out as a small tumor that could have been successfully… read more
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