It turns out that the patient had prostate cancer and died from metastatic disease.

This case revolves around a 63-year-old female cardiac patient whose open-heart surgery yielded an infection in her sternum.

Mr. W, 38, was referred to Dr. R, a practicing urologist of nearly 30 years. The patient, who had learning disabilities, had three young children with various birth defects. Mr. W had been advised to get a vasectomy due to the high risk that any other child he fathered would also have birth defects.

A noncompliant diabetic patient sues after suffering complications from untreated ulcers.

A urologist was remiss in ignoring pneumonia symptoms in patient following radical prostatectomy.

A dermatologist finds out that a letter is the wrong way to communicate important clinical information to a referring physician.

Complications arise when a diabetic patient with end-stage renal disease and respiratory ailments has catheter trouble.

A man on injured on the job is sent back to work after a mandatory examination. An incorrect diagnosis caused irreparable damage.

A urologist is sued after not alerting a bladder stone patient to a suspicious lung lesion revealed by x-ray.

A coworker's widow tries to establish that unsolicited advice actually created a clinician-patient relationship.