Husband upset over woman's brain tumor being misdiagnosed as depression

A woman suffered with headaches, vomiting and seizures for 8 months. She was eventually admitted for an MRI when her face and body became paralysed. The MRI revealed a huge tumor. The woman died not long after surgery. Her first symptoms of the brain tumor included pain and disrupted vision in the right eye. Her husband's complaints led to an inquiry. He claimed that she was initially misdiagnosed with depression. He does not necessarily believe that she would survive but an accurate diagnosis would have meant a better quality of life during her last few months.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by News Scotsman

Related Disease Topics:

• Depression
• Brain tumor

Related Symptom Topics:

• Paralysis
• Headache
• Vomiting
• Seizure
• Pain
• Vision disturbance

Article Source Details

About: Husband upset over woman's brain tumor being misdiagnosed as depression

Date: 23 December 2004

Source: News Scotsman

Author: John Innes

URL: http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=1459342004

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cancer
• Misdiagnosis and paralysis
• Misdiagnosis and headache
• Misdiagnosis and vomiting
• Misdiagnosis and seizure
• Misdiagnosis and pain
• Misdiagnosis and vision disturbance
• Misdiagnosis and depression
• Misdiagnosis and brain tumor
• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• Medical negligence
• Medical negligence and paralysis
• Medical negligence and headache
• Medical negligence and vomiting
• Medical negligence and seizure
• Medical negligence and pain
• Medical negligence and vision disturbance
• Medical negligence and depression
• Medical negligence and brain tumor
• Death and brain tumor
• Death and cancer

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