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

An Adelaide cardiothoracic surgeon tells 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.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

Contaminated pathology sample led to misdiagnosis and removing part of man's lung, inquest hears

A medical specialist tells a coronial inquest he would have recommended regular observation instead of wrongly diagnosing lung cancer and recommending surgery for a patient who later died — if a pathology sample had not been contaminated.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

Inquest begins into death of RAH patient who had part of lung unnecessarily removed

A coronial inquest has begun into the death of a Royal Adelaide Hospital patient who died months after he was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery to remove part of his lung.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023