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Woman's Breasts Mistakenly Removed After Apparent Lab Mix-Up

Real Cancer Patient Went Undiagnosed For Months

POSTED: Thursday, October 4, 2007
UPDATED: 10:04 am EDT October 4, 2007

A woman had both of her breasts mistakenly removed after a lab headquartered out of Florida apparently switched her tissue specimens with a patient suffering from cancer.

Darrie Eason, a 35-year-old single mother from Long Beach, said she was recently diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of breast cancer.

Eason said she did all the right things after the cancer diagnosis.

"I had a second opinion and saw specialists," Eason said. "Then, I had a radical mastectomy."

Two weeks after the operation, her doctor called and told her about the mistake, Local 6 reported.

"They told me, basically, you didn't have cancer and never did," Eason said.

Eason's tissue sample was apparently mislabeled by a lab technician at the CBL Path medical lab in Rye Brook. CBL Path is headquartered in Ocala, but the tests were done in New York.

"Something should have been done to tell me that there wasn't anything wrong with me before I had a radical double mastectomy," Eason said.

The real cancer patient in the apparent mix-up went undiagnosed for months, the report said.

Eason filed a lawsuit against CBL Path Inc.

The CEO of CBL Path released a statement concerning the incident; "Our hearts and thoughts go out to Ms. Eason and her family."

The company is defending its labs and said the New York Health Department found no other major problems.

The technician involved in the incident is no longer with the company, according to CBS News.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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