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Surgeon 'horrified' he removed part of man's lung before misdiagnosis was discovered

Dennis Jackson with his wife Ramonda. (Supplied)

An Adelaide cardiothoracic surgeon told a coronial inquest he was horrified by the idea he had removed part of a man's lung, after learning a biopsy sample had been cross-contaminated at the SA Pathology laboratory. 

Broken Hill man Dennis "Jacko" Charles Jackson died from pneumonia in January 2019.

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