Brain tumor symptoms misdiagnosed as anxiety disorder – $1,300,000 Verdict 
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Published: December 24, 2012
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Rockingham County Circuit Court
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 ...
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