The changed preliminary report: a repeatedly missed paediatric tibial tumour.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This report describes a malpractice case involving a delayed diagnosis of a malignant bone tumour in the proximal tibia in a 10-year-old child. This was caused by a combination of factors. The final report on the first examination failed to reach the patient files, and two subsequent X-ray exams failed to diagnose the tumour, due to misinterpretation in one and obscuring plaster of Paris in the other.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Neoplasms
- Diagnostic Errors
- Malpractice
- Osteosarcoma
- Tibia