16 results for “tumour resection”
55y · Male·Renal cell carcinoma (brain metastasis)
… 2014. He was appropriately transferred to hospital where MRI imaging revealed a large right frontal brain tumour with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. He underwent uncomplicated craniotomy and tumour resection on 25 Sep…
71y · Male·Invasive bladder cancer (urothelial carcinoma)
A 71-year-old male prisoner presented with lower abdominal pain and was found to have invasive bladder cancer (urothelial carcinoma). Diagnosis occurred within 12 days of symptom onset through CT imaging and biopsy. Radi…
32y · Male·sudden cardiac arrhythmia
…rison custody one day after discharge from Prince of Wales Hospital following neurosurgery for a pituitary tumour. The coroner found his hospital care was of good standard with appropriate multidisciplinary management, a…
60y · Male·metastatic atrial sarcomatoid tumour
Steve Fesus, aged 60, died in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital from metastatic atrial sarcomatoid tumour. He had been diagnosed with cardiac cancer in 2016, underwent surgery, and was in remission until metastas…
50y · Female·Irreversible hypoxic brain injury sustained during surgery for meningioma resect…
…th Fragile X Syndrome and a brain meningioma, died from irreversible hypoxic brain injury sustained during tumour resection surgery. Significant intraoperative blood loss (4,500ml estimated) occurred, with major discrepa…
45y · Male·Complications of VATS procedure for locally advanced right upper lobe lung adeno…
… man died from complications following VATS lobectomy for lung adenocarcinoma. During initial surgery, the tumour invaded the T6 vertebral body. The surgeon, faced with incomplete tumour resection or vertebral body excis…
69y · Male·disseminated urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (palliated), bilateral lung ade…
…and treated with radiotherapy; bladder cancer was detected in August 2022 and managed with transurethral resection and palliative radiotherapy. Following deterioration in December 2022 with metastatic disease, he receiv…
75y · Female·hypovolaemic shock from excessive blood loss
…McDonald, age 75, died from hypovolaemic shock due to massive intraoperative bleeding during an anterior resection for rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma. Critical deficiencies included: no pre-admission clinic assessment, no …
46y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
A 46-year-old man with metastatic malignant melanoma died in custody at a hospice. He was extradited from New South Wales to South Australia in April 2009 while undergoing cancer treatment. There was an 8-week delay befo…
74y · Female·empyema/sepsis complicating oesophageal perforation following a complicated elec…
…ary disease, underwent elective hernia repair in November 2016 at a regional hospital. An unexpected colon tumour was removed during surgery. She subsequently developed a faecal leak from the colon anastomosis requiring …
62y · Male·Intraoperative haemorrhage due to metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (su…
A 62-year-old man died from intraoperative haemorrhage during surgery for a renal tumour initially diagnosed as benign anastomosing haemangioma on biopsy but found at autopsy to be metastatic cle…
2y · Female·Complications relating to metastatic neuroblastoma
…btained in July 2017—one week before relapse occurred. Despite subsequent treatment with Dinutuximab Beta, tumours continued to progress. The child died from metastatic neuroblastoma complications while under state care …
59y · Female·Global cerebral oedema due to hypoxic cerebral ischaemia following cardiac arres…
59-year-old woman admitted with newly diagnosed grade 4 glioblastoma underwent surgery 16 days later after delays during consultant's planned leave. Post-operative complications included ischaemic stroke confirmed on ima…
75y · Female·septic complications following surgical resection of duodenal ampullary adenoma
…d woman died of sepsis from bile leaking into her abdomen after elective surgery to remove a pre-malignant tumour adjacent to the bile duct. The coroner found multiple preventable failures: inadequate pre-operative inves…
60y · Male·sepsis and aspiration pneumonia in a man with oral squamous cell carcinoma and m…
Henry Allen, a 60-year-old man with oral squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer, and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis and aspiration pneumonia while in prison custody at Fiona Stanley Hospital. He received appropria…
75y · Male·Burns
75-year-old John Drane, a resident of Masonic Care Queensland, died from extensive burns on 9 January 2014. The coroner concluded he intentionally set himself alight using a cigarette lighter shortly after receiving his …
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