Lori Ann Reigert’s Pathology Cancer Diagnosis
THE PATHOLOGIST’S REPORTS FOR LORI ANN REIGERT
The definitive pathology diagnosis for Lori Ann Reigert’s 4 cm right pleural lung tumor on 12/21/15 by anatomical pathologist Dr. Mark Barcelo with concurrence by his business partner, forensic pathologist Dr. David Keep at University Hospitals Lake Health West Medical Center in Willoughby, Ohio was “malignant melanoma”.
These pathologists recommended, in their report, that “clinical correlation” be done by oncologists to determine specifically whether the rare non-skin lesion “malignant melanoma” cancer was either:
A rare Cutaneous/Skin Cancer Melanoma of Unknown Primary skin lesion (aka MUP known to be only 3% of all melanomas), which had spread to her lungs or
Mucosal Melanoma, a rare internal Mucosal Melanoma (2% of all melanomas) or
Primary Pleural Melanoma, a very rare internal Melanoma (only 8 cases ever known).
Despite the extreme rarity of their diagnosis, Drs. Barcelo and Keep did not question their own diagnosis and test for other cancers, including the well known melanoma mimic, clear cell sarcoma.
Click Here to See the Diagnosis Report by Drs. Barcelo and Keep
When Lori Ann Reigert’s cancer care was transferred to University Hospital Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio on 12/30/15, her oncologist Dr. Henry Koon appears to have assumed that her prior melanoma skin cancer diagnosis was correct when he assigned a skin cancer pathologist, dermo pathologist Dr. Kord Honda, to reexamine her tumor specimen. It was, therefore, predictable that Dr. Honda concurred with the prior pathologist’s diagnosis of “malignant melanoma”.
Click Here to See the Diagnosis Report by Dr. Honda
CONCLUSION
Per the College of American Pathologists (CAP)/Ohio Society of Pathologists the responsibilities of pathologists are clearly stated:
“Overall, pathologists ensure laboratory quality so that diagnostic testing is safe and accurate. They are responsible for the diagnostic accuracy of every test.”
The rarity of the melanoma cancers diagnosed for Lori Ann Reigert did not seem to concern any of these pathologists. However, four years later and completely by chance, two melanoma cancer pathology experts determined, without doubt, that the diagnosis of any type of melanoma cancer was WRONG and that Lori Ann Reigert DIED FROM CLEAR CELL SARCOMA THAT WAS NEVER TREATED.
