43岁的Cassandra Barksdale在Kaiser Permanente Southwood Medical Center因病理样本标签混淆遭受误诊。[1]Barksdale于2025年3月10日进行活检，[1]三天后的3月17日获得结果显示患有侵袭性子宫内膜癌，[1]基于这份诊断，她于2025年5月15日接受了全子宫切除术。[1]
到了9月份，通过DNA分析发现该癌症组织样本实际属于另一名患者。[1]这一错误导致患者经历了数月的身心痛苦。[1]Barksdale及其律师Shannan Young于周二对Kaiser Permanente提起诉讼。[1]Young律师表示："她来到Kaiser Permanente寻求答案，结果却被诊断出一个不属于她的疾病。之后采取的每一步行动都是基于这个错误信息。"[1]
Kaiser Permanente在一份声明中表示："Barksdale女士不应该经历这一切。"[1]该诉讼寻求未指定数额的赔偿。[1]
A 43-year-old Georgia woman has filed suit against Kaiser Permanente after a pathology labeling error resulted in her receiving a cancer diagnosis that did not belong to her and undergoing an unwarranted hysterectomy.[1] Cassandra Barksdale underwent a biopsy at Kaiser Permanente Southwood Medical Center on March 10, 2025, and received results on March 17, 2025, indicating aggressive endometrial cancer.[1] On May 15, 2025, she had her uterus surgically removed based on this diagnosis.[1]
The error came to light in September 2025 when DNA analysis revealed that the cancer tissue sample actually belonged to another patient.[1] Barksdale's attorney, Shannan Young, stated that the patient "came into Kaiser Permanente looking for answers, and she left with a diagnosis that did not belong to her. And every step that was taken after that was based off of misinformation."[1] Kaiser Permanente acknowledged the situation, saying "Ms. Barksdale should not have experienced this."[1] The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, seeks unspecified damages for medical malpractice stemming from months of physical and emotional suffering caused by the misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgery.[1]