Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis - Medical Negligence
The most common symptoms of cervical cancer include bleeding and an unpleasant discharge between periods and after sexual intercourse. Post menopausal women may notice new bleeding after an absence for a long period of time. Apart from cancer of the cervix there are many other medical conditions that can cause these symptoms which of itself lends this condition to the possibility of cervical cancer misdiagnosis amounting to medical negligence.
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Diagnosis
Cervical cancer diagnosis involves an initial smear test which if positive may be followed by further examination using the following techniques all of which require subjective human interpretation that can lead to cervical cancer misdiagnosis :-
Colposcopy is a visual microscopic examination of cervix
Large loop excision is the removal of a tissue sample for laboratory examination
Cone biopsy is the removal of a section of the cervix for detailed examination