Doctor removes patient's kidney during routine back surgery after mistaking it for cancerous tumor
Dr Ramon Vasquez had not been privy to the two MRI scans taken before the operation that showed Maureen Pacheco having a pelvic kidney and made a 'presumptive diagnosis'
A Florida woman who had gone in for a routine surgery to put an end to her lower back pain found to her horror that her experienced surgeon had removed one of her kidneys after mistaking it for a cancerous tumor.
According to the Daily Mail, the now-53-year-old Maureen Pacheco was a victim of lower back pain as a result of a car accident she had suffered earlier. Wanting to rid herself of the pain once and for all, Pacheco paid a visit to Wellington Regional Medical Center in Wellington in April 2016 with the intention of discussing surgical options.