Author: Brendan Lupetin, Esq.

A cervical meningioma is a spinal tumor that, when missed on imaging, can lead to devastating results like unnecessary surgery and permanent neurological harm. Often, these errors occur when a radiologist fails to report a tumor visible outside the primary area of interest. Lupetin & Unatin, LLC represents Pennsylvania patients harmed by diagnostic failures. Learn how our attorneys fight for the compensation and answers you deserve.

Radiology is the branch of medicine most dependent on disciplined, systematic observation. A radiologist reviewing a chest CT does not just look for what the ordering physician suspects. The standard of care requires a thorough, methodical review of everything visible in the image — because the most important finding is often not the one anyone expected.

An echocardiogram is one of the most important diagnostic tools in cardiovascular medicine. Using ultrasound to create real-time images of the beating heart, it can detect heart valve disease, heart failure, blood clots, congenital abnormalities, and conditions that — if identified and treated promptly — are survivable. If missed, they can be fatal.

An incidental finding is an unexpected abnormality discovered during a medical imaging study that was ordered for a different reason. The term “incidentaloma” is commonly used when the finding is a mass or lesion — a nodule on the lung found during a chest X-ray for a broken rib, a lesion on the liver spotted during an abdominal CT for appendicitis, a thyroid nodule noticed on an ultrasound of the neck.