Georgia malpractice type allegations
Radiology, imaging, and diagnostic-test follow-up allegations often concern whether abnormal studies were ordered, read, communicated, or acted on before a condition worsened.
These examples collect public Georgia complaint allegations involving CT, MRI, ultrasound, x-ray, fluoroscopy, prenatal imaging, or other diagnostic-test follow-up. Some cases concern interpretation, some concern failure to order or act on studies, and some concern failure to communicate findings. Each example remains an allegation summary only.
Read the linked case summary for the fuller allegations-only discussion.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a porta-cath intended for chemotherapy access was placed into the arterial system at Emory Decatur Hospital and remained there until after multiple strokes and later surgical removal.
This page concerns an emergency-room visit to Piedmont Atlanta Hospital in which a CT reportedly showed a possible lower-back abscess, the radiology report recommended follow-up imaging, and the patient nevertheless was discharged without investigation of a condition that could lead to life-threatening sepsis.
This page concerns a fatal stroke case at Hamilton Medical Center in which two radiology studies and the patient’s clinical presentation allegedly showed a catastrophic stroke, yet the studies were repeatedly read as normal and the stroke was not treated as a neurological emergency.
This page concerns an emergency-department visit after a fall where fractures in the toes and hip allegedly were identified by radiology but were not communicated to the patient or her primary care provider for nearly a month, allowing the condition to worsen before treatment.
This page concerns follow-up care after an Exactech ankle implant recall, where two physicians allegedly knew of the recall warning about bone-destroying lesions but still failed over multiple visits to diagnose a growing cystic lesion visible on X-rays beneath the talus implant.
This page concerns spine surgery in which hardware allegedly was incorrectly inserted and left in place, then severe postoperative pain complaints were dismissed for months by multiple surgeons who did not order imaging to determine the cause.
This page concerns an emergency neurological presentation at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in which the consulting neurologist allegedly failed to order contrast MRI of the entire spine and prematurely diagnosed conversion disorder instead of considering transverse myelitis.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that Piedmont Fayette Hospital discharged a pregnant emergency-department patient after a car crash without diagnosing an odontoid fracture.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that Premier Neurological Care and Saima Khurram, M.D. failed to diagnose cerebral venous sinus thrombosis after neurological symptoms and an earlier MRI report.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that Atlanta Bone and Joint Specialists and orthopedic surgeon Maurice M. Jove, M.D. failed to timely diagnose and treat complications after a left total hip replacement.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, pediatric neurosurgery providers, and related entities failed to recognize the need for urgent surgical intervention after headache presentations and CT imaging.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that providers at Emory University Hospital Midtown performed a median sternotomy to evaluate suspected aortic dissection despite inconclusive imaging and a later myocarditis diagnosis.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that Pooler Imaging Center and radiology providers inadequately interpreted and communicated imaging findings related to a right-kidney mass.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that prenatal and delivery providers failed to diagnose congenital diaphragmatic hernia and failed to timely deliver a child after signs of fetal distress.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a Quantum Radiology, P.C. radiologist failed to report a pelvic mass visible on an emergency-department CT scan at Wellstar Kennestone Medical Center, delaying the patient’s cancer diagnosis until the disease was terminal.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that primary-care, skilled-nursing, and home-health providers failed to review or act on critical laboratory results for eleven days before a home-health patient died.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that hospital staff did not consistently monitor or timely image a head-trauma patient. He fell in the trauma room and suffered permanent brain damage.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that emergency-department providers did not diagnose a transected popliteal artery after a knee dislocation. The delay allegedly led to a leg amputation.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a Georgia hospital and its physicians missed a stroke for hours before the patient’s death.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center staff overlooked an ankle fracture that then went untreated.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a pediatric neurologist did not order timely spine imaging, delaying diagnosis of a spinal tumor.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a radiologist misread a breast ultrasound as benign before the patient’s cancer became incurable.
This page concerns a public amended complaint alleging that a cardiologist did not recognize ischemic changes on a nuclear stress test. He scheduled a delayed cardiac catheterization before the patient’s fatal cardiac arrest.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that an emergency physician and a radiologist did not diagnose a knee dislocation on an x-ray. The delay preceded a leg amputation.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a radiologist misread a CT angiogram and missed an aortic aneurysm before the patient’s death.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a urologist missed signs of infection on a postoperative CT scan. The patient died days later.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging a physician did not personally tell parents their child’s x-ray was normal or to remove his splint.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that urgent-care and family-medicine physicians repeatedly misdiagnosed a diabetic patient’s foot infection as gout.
