A consultant dermatologist misdiagnosed ringworm in two children as seborrhoeic dermatitis of the scalp and as a result prescribed an inappropriate treatment which added to their discomfort and pain, the Circuit Civil Court was told Tuesday.

The family of a woman who died from cancer who claimed that she was wrongly diagnosed at two hospitals in the Midlands as suffering from depression have settled their High Court action against the HSE for €65,000.