Coroner's Finding: DEERING Peter Charles
Deceased
Peter Charles Deering
Demographics
66y, male
Date of death
2017-03-06
Finding date
2020-06-25
Cause of death
metastatic oesophageal cancer
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A 66-year-old man detained under criminal legislation died from metastatic oesophageal cancer at a hospital providing palliative care. He presented with weight loss and dysphagia in late 2016, was investigated at Royal Adelaide Hospital where CT and endoscopy confirmed advanced oesophageal adenocarcinoma with metastatic disease to lungs, liver, spleen and lymph nodes. Palliative care was agreed upon and he was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital where he received appropriate symptom management and remained comfortable until his expected death. The coroner found the care provided at both hospitals was appropriate and the death was expected. This case demonstrates the importance of timely investigation of constitutional symptoms in at-risk patients, appropriate staging of confirmed malignancy, and early involvement of palliative care services when curative treatment is not feasible.
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Contributing factors
- advanced metastatic adenocarcinoma of oesophagus
- metastatic disease to lung, liver, spleen and lymph nodes
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