Two sisters face different prognosis due to late diagnosis

A young woman receives compensation for doctors failing to diagnose her hip condition (hip joints out of sockets) early enough. She wasn’t diagnosed until two whereas her sister was diagnosed at birth and treated. Early treatment would have perhaps prevented arthritis and the requirement of an early hip replacement.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by BBC News UK Edition

Related Disease Topics:

• Arthritis
• Congenital hip dislocation
• Hip dislocation

Article Source Details

About: Two sisters face different prognosis due to late diagnosis

Date: 2 July 2003

Source: BBC News UK Edition

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3039548.stm

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Misdiagnosis of congenital hip dislocation
• Misdiagnosis of hip dislocation
• Misdiagnosis of hip condition

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