7 results for “lung cancer (initially diagnosed)”
75y · Male·Carcinomatosis due to carcinoma of the left lung (metastatic adenocarcinoma)
Eric Watson, a 75-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) on 17 January 2011 at Rockhampton Base Hospital. He had presented to correctional c…
36y · Male·Metastatic non-seminomatous germ cell tumour
…ith cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died from metastatic non-seminomatous germ cell testicular cancer with extensive lung metastases. He was initially presented with suspected chest infection on 8 July 2019, …
62y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving terminal palliative care for metastatic carc…
…-old prisoner serving a life sentence for murder, died from bronchopneumonia secondary to metastatic colon cancer. He was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer in December 2006 but refused surgery initially on religious gr…
27y · Male·Metastatic sarcoma
…w until May, this did not alter the outcome. Upon investigation, he was diagnosed with aggressive terminal cancer and received appropriate first-line chemotherapy followed by palliative radiotherapy. Clinical review foun…
56y · Male·disseminated nocardiosis involving central nervous system, kidneys, liver and th…
…nfection) that was not diagnosed during his 12-day RAH admission. Clinicians initially suspected metastatic lung cancer based on presentation and imaging, which was objectively reasonable. Two CT-guided biopsies on 8-9 N…
67y · Male·respiratory failure with antecedent causes including chronic emphysematic lung d…
…ll. He subsequently developed respiratory infection and died from respiratory failure. Autopsy revealed no cancer cells in the original biopsy sample—a diagnostic error. Key lessons: A quality assurance system failed due…
47y · Male·Complications of cirrhosis and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
Lance Robert Nikkelson, a 47-year-old Aboriginal man in prison custody, died from complications of cirrhosis and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. He presented with abdominal pain in May 2019, initially assessed as co…
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