This case involved a claim by a 25-year-old married mother of two young children for failure to diagnose a trigeminal schwannoma, a benign extra-axial brain tumor behind her left eye.
The tumor pressed against the nerve fibers of the dura and her trigeminal nerve, the fifth cranial nerve, causing excruciating headaches, photophobia, tongue numbness and other complaints. The Defendant has an exclusive agreement to review and interpret all imaging studies at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
In August of 2007, the Plaintiff,…
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