Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog

A woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit after she was misdiagnosed and underwent treatment for cancer that she did not have. She went to the doctor with flu-like symptoms and a density was found on her lung which was later diagnosed as cancer. After undergoing treatments and the density not responding as expected, doctors realized that it was not cancerous (only a benign tumor) and that she was being mistreated with the cancer treatment. The medical malpractice lawsuit states that she has suffered multiple medical issues as a result of the cancer treatment that she did not need. The doctor who misdiagnosed says that it is not possible to diagnose every case correctly. For the full story click here.