Schroeder v. Ear, Nose & Throat Associates of Lehigh Valley, Inc.

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This is an appeal from an Order granting in part and denying in part appellees’ Preliminary Objections in a medical malpractice action.

On June 8, 1984, as the result of a cough which had persisted since the previous February despite treatment by appellees, a chest x-ray was taken of appellant Wendy Schroeder. Although the x-ray revealed the presence of adenopathy, an enlargement of the lymph glands commonly associated with Hodgkin’s disease, appellant was not informed of this diagnosis nor that a C-T scan was recommended by the radiologist. Shortly after the x-ray was taken,…