Diagnostic Errors

Read malpractice claims and case studies alleging diagnostic errors.

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About Diagnostic Errors

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Failure to diagnose retained sponge
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February 21, 2018
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Failure to diagnose retained sponge

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Failure to diagnose tuberculosis
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February 21, 2018
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Case Studies

Failure to diagnose tuberculosis

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Failure to diagnose rhabdomyolysis
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February 21, 2018
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Case Studies

Failure to diagnose rhabdomyolysis

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Failure to diagnose pneumonia
An x-ray of the chest.
February 21, 2018
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Failure to diagnose pneumonia

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Failure to diagnose femur fracture
A physician talking on the telephone sitting at a nurses' station.
February 21, 2018
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Case Studies

Failure to diagnose femur fracture

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Failure to diagnose cornual pregnancy
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February 21, 2018
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Case Studies

Failure to diagnose cornual pregnancy

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Failure to diagnose appendicitis
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February 21, 2018
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Case Studies

Failure to diagnose appendicitis

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Failure to correctly read biopsy specimen
A doctor sitting at a nurses' station talking on the telephone.
February 21, 2018
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Case Studies

Failure to correctly read biopsy specimen

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Delay in detecting melanoma
Close up of a lens on a microscope.
February 21, 2018
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Delay in detecting melanoma

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Wrong site surgery
Surgeons in an operating room.
February 15, 2018
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Wrong site surgery

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Procedure performed when contraindicated
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February 15, 2018
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Procedure performed when contraindicated

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Failure to diagnose spinal epidural abscess
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February 15, 2018
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Failure to diagnose spinal epidural abscess

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