45y · Male·abdominal sepsis on a background of metastatic lung carcinoma
A 45-year-old man with advanced metastatic lung cancer died from abdominal sepsis secondary to bowel perforation while imprisoned. He presented with respir…
57y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic and locally advanced primary adenocarci…
A 57-year-old male prisoner died from bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. He was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in February 2016 while incarcerated and opted fo…
61y · Male·Complications of metastatic adenocarcinoma
…incarcerated at Long Bay Correctional Centre, died from complications of metastatic adenocarcinoma (stage 4 lung cancer with liver lesions). He was diagnosed in February 2022 after presenting to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital…
62y · Male·Non-small cell lung carcinoma with metastases
Desmond Sims, a 62-year-old prisoner, died from advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma with metastases. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in February 2009 at Princess Alexandra Hospita…
31y · Male·metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma
31-year-old man serving a custodial sentence died of metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma on 25 January 2022. Diagnosed April 2020, the ultra-rare cancer (1 in 10 million incidence) had already metastasised at discovery…
62y · Male·Metastatic small cell lung carcinoma (palliated)
Mr N, a 62-year-old man in custody, died from metastatic small cell lung carcinoma with palliation. He presented with abdominal pain in late May 2022, and was referred for urgent u…
47y · Male·Complications of cirrhosis and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
… constipation, but was subsequently transferred to hospital where end-stage liver disease and widespread metastases were diagnosed. His condition rapidly deteriorated and he was palliated. The coroner found that care pro…
59y · Female·multi-organ failure as a result of metastatic cervical cancer
… She presented with haematuria, lethargy, and poor appetite, and was found to have advanced malignancy with lung metastases. Due to psychiatric illness causing impaired judgment and refusal of treatment, guardianship and…
71y · Male·metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma
…pital on 1 February 2024. Imprisoned since 2012, he was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma in 2020 with metastases to lungs, liver, and later brain. He underwent nephrectomy and received targeted therapy with Cabozantin…
67y · Female·bronchopneumonia complicating disseminated pulmonary large cell carcinoma with r…
… respiratory distress, necessitating Mental Health Act detention. CT imaging revealed advanced disseminated lung cancer with metastases to liver, adrenal glands, and brain. She developed bronchopneumonia and died despite…
63y · Male·cancer in the left lung metastatic to the heart, right lung, liver, pancreas and…
… May 2013, imaging revealed an irregular nodule that was later found to be metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung with widespread spread to ribs, spine, lymph nodes, liver, pancreas and adrenal glands. He received appropr…
55y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic carcinoma of the right lung, with emphy…
…Clarke, a 55-year-old Aboriginal man and serving prisoner, died of bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic lung carcinoma with emphysema, coronary atherosclerosis and chronic pancreatitis. He presented to the prison cli…
66y · Male·Complications of metastatic lung adenocarcinoma, with terminal palliative care, …
Karl Frederick Dominic Holmes, a 66-year-old prisoner with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma, died from complications of his terminal cancer while serving a…
56y · Male·Complications of advanced metastatic sigmoid adenocarcinoma in an adult man with…
Wayne Harris was a 56-year-old Aboriginal man with advanced metastatic sigmoid adenocarcinoma who died in prison custody from complications of his terminal cancer. He was incarcerated for 11 years for child sex offences.…
74y · Female·Metastatic duodenal carcinoma
…ith postural hypotension, fainting, and weakness. Investigation revealed metastatic duodenal carcinoma with lung and lymph node involvement, and chronic occlusive pulmonary emboli (off anticoagulation for two weeks). Ms …
59y · Male·Disseminated carcinoma (metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin)
Robert Theodore Stewart was a 59-year-old man with metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary origin who died in custody at Port Phillip Prison on 19 December 2013. He had been incarcerated since 2008 and diagnosed with dis…
38y · Male·metastatic lung carcinoma
Thomas Brigham, a 38-year-old prison inmate, died from metastatic lung carcinoma after a delayed diagnosis. Over three months, he presented repeatedly with back pain, weight loss…
67y · Female·Pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) in a woman receiving treatment for carcinom…
…pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) at St John of God Hospital Bunbury on 25 February 2003. Her small cell lung cancer had achieved remission following chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A critical error occurred when a Hos…
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