My question involves malpractice in the state of: California
I'll try to keep this simple for the moment.
My wife was recently diagnosed with kidney cancer. We had 2 doctors review an earlier CT Scan from 2015 and they found evidence of the tumor on those scans as well. How clear or how hard they had to look I have no idea. The 2015 CT scan was done after wife complained of back pain. Nobody appears to have noticed the tumor in the scans at the time they were reviewed in 2015, or, to be more factual, "nobody mentioned it to us at the time". We can't find a copy of a report from the radiologist or anything, all we have are the actual CT images.
My Question: Is it conceivable that there is a malpractice case to be made in a situation like this when the initial imaging in 2015 was not specifically intended to scan the kidneys for tumors?
I am not sure. On the one hand, most of the time these days Kidney Cancer is caught by indications on unrelated medical imaging. Would have been nice to catch this 3 years ago when it was evidently smaller. On the other hand, I am not sure if the folks who review the images are necessarily experts in spotting kidney tumors. On the other hand, you might expect that whoever reviewed the CT Scan would look at the Kidneys for someone complaining of back pain.
Thanks
I'll try to keep this simple for the moment.
My wife was recently diagnosed with kidney cancer. We had 2 doctors review an earlier CT Scan from 2015 and they found evidence of the tumor on those scans as well. How clear or how hard they had to look I have no idea. The 2015 CT scan was done after wife complained of back pain. Nobody appears to have noticed the tumor in the scans at the time they were reviewed in 2015, or, to be more factual, "nobody mentioned it to us at the time". We can't find a copy of a report from the radiologist or anything, all we have are the actual CT images.
My Question: Is it conceivable that there is a malpractice case to be made in a situation like this when the initial imaging in 2015 was not specifically intended to scan the kidneys for tumors?
I am not sure. On the one hand, most of the time these days Kidney Cancer is caught by indications on unrelated medical imaging. Would have been nice to catch this 3 years ago when it was evidently smaller. On the other hand, I am not sure if the folks who review the images are necessarily experts in spotting kidney tumors. On the other hand, you might expect that whoever reviewed the CT Scan would look at the Kidneys for someone complaining of back pain.
Thanks
Medical Malpractice: Tumor Missed in Unrelated Mri
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