Wrong Diagnosis of Follicular Lymphoma

Can I claim follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation after being misdiagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and having a delay in treatment?

As with any misdiagnosis of a medical or dental condition, it is possible to make a claim for follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation. The criteria that need to be satisfied for you to be eligible to make a follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation claim are as follows:

In order for a claim for clinical negligence to be possible – and successful – the misdiagnosis must amount to medical negligence. This means that the failure to diagnose the condition must have been due to an error of judgement, inexperience or incompetence of the doctor concerned. It must be proven ‘on the balance of probability’ that this was the case, and that a competent doctor would have been able to spot the symptoms and make the correct diagnosis. For a follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation to be successful, you must also have come to harm as a result of the misdiagnosis, and this must have been avoidable had an alternative course of action been taken.

There can be a number of problems associated with compensation for follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis, which are due to the nature of this form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. As such you should speak with a medical negligence solicitor for advice about your individual case.

Follicular lymphoma is considered indolent – this is a medical term meaning very slow growing. This means that a delay in diagnosis may not have caused you to come to any harm as a result. Without a ‘personal injury’ caused by a delay in treatment, or if the condition has not deteriorated significantly between the misdiagnosis and correct diagnosis, there can be no compensation for follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis awarded.

Follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation may not be possible because it may not have been reasonable to expect this form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma to be diagnosed quickly. The condition is often asymptomatic, or only involves the swelling of one or more lymph nodes. If there is no family history of the condition, even a competent doctor may easily miss the proper diagnosis initially.

In many cases this form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is not curable in its advanced stages. However if you had a chance to have the condition treated in the early stages, and the misdiagnosis meant that the cancer was allowed to advance to an untreatable stage, you will almost certainly have a very strong claim for follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation.

Due to the complications of follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation claims, a medical negligence solicitor should be consulted before deciding to pursue a claim. Eligibility is particularly complicated to determine, and the chances of successfully claiming follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation will need to be fully assessed.