For all your 2,000 virulent parts

The story:

NEW YORK -- Patricia Battisti had thought her back surgery in early 2005 was routine. A letter from her hospital nearly a year later made it clear she was wrong.

Battisti was informed that donated human tissue used in her operation could have been infected with a variety of viruses -- fallout from an alleged scheme to steal body parts.

The Long Island woman now claims she contracted syphilis and is pursuing a lawsuit. The hospital adamantly denies the allegation, but the case is a sign that the gruesome body parts scandal will have a far-flung subplot involving civil litigation.

The challenge: to write a headline that doesn't sound dirty. For example "Woman says she got syphilis from bone" and "Woman says bone gave her syphilis?" Not options. Nor is anything involving "diseased bone," really. In a perfect world, perhaps, but not at my paper.