But No Cancer: 30-Year-Old Was Born in Linz to a Healthy uterus...

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A young woman was removed from the healthy uterus after a false positive test at the Kepler University Hospital. Only later did it become apparent that the tissue sample had been contaminated in the laboratory. The patients were not informed until weeks later.

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According to media reports, the woman was only informed about this four weeks after noticing the error. The sample was contaminated by another patient

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A young woman (30) is diagnosed with a highly aggressive tumor at the Kepler University Hospital in Linz. Her uterus is removed, an ovary is immediately removed. Weeks later it is said that she has never been ill. Research shows how there was a serious confusion. Linz, January 2026. A grey day on the Danube. Katharina Wolle (name changed) sits in the lobby of a business hotel, dressed in black, over her shoulders a white scarf. Next to her: her …

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At the Kepler University Hospital in Linz, a young woman's uterus was mistakenly removed – a fatal error caused by a contaminated tissue sample in the laboratory.

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A young woman was removed from the healthy uterus in the Kepler Universitätsklinikum (KUK) Linz because a tumor was mistakenly reported. In retrospect, it turned out that the tissue sample was contaminated in the laboratory, reports "Oberösterreichische Nachrichten" (Oberösterreichische Nachrichten), "Kronen Zeitung" and "News" on Tuesday. However, the woman was not informed until weeks after [...]

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LINZ. Tragic case in the Kepler Universit tsklinikum: A young woman was removed in the summer after a false positive test the healthy womb.