In January 1988, plaintiff consulted defendant (a general surgeon) with respect to a small lump in her right elbow crease. Defendant suggested that surgical removal of the lump would be prudent, due to the possibility that it was cancerous, and plaintiff agreed to that course of action. The surgery disclosed a ganglion cyst firmly attached to the brachialis muscle and tendon. Defendant removed the cyst by teasing it away from, among other...
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