A little girl undergoes great suffering due to a misdiagnosis

A 31/2 year old girl was misdiagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour – anaplastic astrocytoma. For the next two years she underwent expensive nontoxic cancer treatment and suffered severe side effects such as weight gain and mood swings. The treatment was administered through a catheter in her chest. The girl started to suffer seizures when an attempt was made to withdraw from steroids. She underwent surgery in an attempt to reduce seizures but doctors discovered that the tumour was actually a benign congenital ganglioglioma.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Reno Gazette-Journal

Related Disease Topics:

• Anaplastic Astrocytoma
• Congenital ganglioglioma

Related Symptom Topics:

• Seizures

Article Source Details

About: A little girl undergoes great suffering due to a misdiagnosis

Date: 20 September 2004

Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Author: Sheila Gardner

URL: http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/09/20/80868.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_news

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• Misdiagnosis of anaplastic astrocytoma
• Misdiagnosis of congenital gangliglioma
• Misdiagnosis of cancer
• Cancer
• Misdiagnosis of seizures
• Medication and cancer
• Medication and anaplastic astrocytoma
• Brain cancer
• Medication and brain cancer

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