Could Courtney Matthews or Stefan Cassadine return to 'General Hospital'?

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- An absent fan-favorite character is expected to return to General Hospital this May for the daytime soap's traditional Nurses Ball episodes.

As part of the show's Fan February event, viewers have the opportunity to vote online at ABC.com/GH through Feb. 13 and say who they'd like to see as a guest star.

Their choices are Courtney Matthews, Stefan Cassadine, Mike Corbin and Serena Baldwin. The characters were played respectively by former GH cast members Alicia Leigh Willis, Stephen Nichols, Ron Hale and Carly Schroeder.