An Atlanta-area woman alleges that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labeling error.<\/p>\n
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Cassandra Barksdale and her attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kaiser Permanente alleging the mix-up led to the surgery and months of physical and emotional pain.<\/p>\n
According to the lawsuit, another patient\u2019s tissue sample was mistakenly labeled as belonging to Barksdale, who at age 43 then underwent a full hysterectomy on May 15, 2025, and was told she would get instructions about chemotherapy.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear how the mix-up occurred. In September, Barksdale was informed that a DNA analysis found the tissue sample showing an aggressive form of endometrial uterine cancer belonged to a different patient and not to her, the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe 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,\u201d her attorney Shannan Young said.<\/p>\n
Barksdale went to Kaiser Permanente Southwood Medical Center in Jonesboro, Georgia, in early 2025 to seek treatment for heavy bleeding and fibroids, which are noncancerous growths in and around the uterus. She underwent a biopsy on March 10, 2025.<\/p>\n
Barksdale said that after she got the biopsy results on March 17, 2025, she lived for months believing she had an aggressive type of cancer, sending her and her sons into a deep depression.<\/p>\n
\u201cI even started making funeral plans with them to let them know, you know, if I don\u2019t make it out, this is what I want done,\u201d Barksdale said.<\/p>\n
Representatives for Kaiser Permanente wrote in a statement that, \u201cMs. Barksdale should not have experienced this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have highly trained staff and very thorough processes in place to prevent errors like this from taking place. After this occurred last year, we took immediate steps to ensure it could not happen again. We realize the impact of this incident and are committed to working with Ms. Barksdale and her counsel to resolve this in the most fair and accountable way we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because of privacy laws, information about the other patient \u2014 including what happened to her and whether cancer treatment was delayed \u2014 isn\u2019t publicly available.<\/p>\n
It is not clear just how often pathology samples are mislabeled or mixed-up during medical testing. An Ohio woman filed a similar lawsuit saying a 2019 error on a biopsy led to a misdiagnosis of lung cancer and unneeded surgery. Researchers studying prostate cancer discovered three cases of biopsy sample misidentification over two years, according to a 2011 research paper.<\/p>\n
Labs have turned to a number of best practices to try and prevent errors, including barcode systems for specimen labeling and point-of-care testing.<\/p>\n
The Georgia lawsuit asks for unspecified damages.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no amount of money that\u2019s going to return back to her, her healthy organs, or erase the experiences and the pain that she\u2019s had. But our justice system recognizes that when somebody\u2019s negligence harms another person, accountability requires more than \u2018I\u2019m sorry,\u2019\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n
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Chandler reported from Montgomery, Alabama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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