114 results for “advanced malignancy”
45y · Male·Intra Abdominal Haemorrhage Associated with Metastatic Carcinoma of the Oesophag…
…nitially treated for suspected pulmonary embolus with heparin, which caused gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Advanced metastatic cancer with poor prognosis was confirmed. He died in early December with family present. The c…
39y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis and sepsis due to pyelonep…
… metastatic ovarian cancer. She presented to Joondalup Health Campus with urosepsis and was found to have advanced ovarian cancer, bilateral pulmonary emboli, and a chronically infected left kidney. She was placed on a M…
48y · Male·metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, treated palliatively
Lindsay Woods, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, organic psychosis, and ischaemic heart disease, died from metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. He was subject to a custody order…
70y · Female·fungal pneumonia as a complication of breast cancer and its treatment
…nitial detection of a breast lump in October 2002 and diagnosis in March 2004, when the tumor was already advanced. Key issues included inadequate recall systems for patients missing diagnostic appointments, poor record-…
49y · Male·Complications of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma
…t 2017, was investigated at Glen Inness District Hospital, and gastroscopy on 23 August revealed gastric malignancy. Following a large haematemesis on 26 August, he was transferred to Armidale Hospital ICU, then to Princ…
78y · Male·metastatic malignancy (unknown primary) with contributing right-sided heart fail…
…inion suggests earlier investigation of liver metastases might not have significantly extended life given advanced disease, but communication about investigation importance and documentation of refusals were inadequate.
80y · Male·complications of necrotising pancreatitis secondary to pancreatic biopsy (EUS)
… for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with fine needle aspiration biopsy on 20 May 2011 to exclude pancreatic malignancy. The procedure caused necrotising pancreatitis, leading to rapid clinical deterioration despite emergenc…
45y · Male·complications associated with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung, treated pal…
…nd pericardial effusions requiring drainage procedures. The coroner found the lung cancer presented at an advanced stage with diffuse cell growth unlikely detectable earlier by imaging, and that medical investigations we…
63y · Female·disseminated metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary in a woman with multiple sc…
Pamella Rees, a 63-year-old woman with longstanding multiple sclerosis, died on 30 June 2014 from disseminated metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary. Her cancer went undiagnosed despite regular GP contact. In her final…
81y · Male·aspiration of gastric contents complicating disseminated moderately differentiat…
…lation for safety reasons. The coroner found his death was not preventable despite extensive undiagnosed malignancy. A significant procedural concern was identified: the mandatory psychiatric review of his detention orde…
81y · Male·COVID-19 infection on a background of Type 2 Diabetes and end stage chronic kidn…
Robert Sievers, an 81-year-old man incarcerated since 2001, died from COVID-19 infection on a background of type 2 diabetes and end-stage chronic kidney disease. Despite multiple warnings about vaccination, Sievers refus…
76y · Male·morphine toxicity and carcinomatosis
John Walter Hedges, a 76-year-old man with terminal metastatic cancer, died at Greenslopes Private Hospital following a morphine overdose administered by agency nurse Cornelia Empen. Hedges had two pain management routes…
52y · Male·HIV infection complicated by basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and n…
Bruce Jason Garrett, a 52-year-old prisoner detained under the Dangerous Sexual Offenders Act, died at Royal Perth Hospital on 2 October 2010 from HIV infection complicated by basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the hea…
66y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia in a man with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, pulmon…
Bradley Stinson, a 66-year-old prisoner with a long history of heavy smoking and alcohol use, died from cardiac arrhythmia in the setting of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, pulmonary thromboembolism, and metasta…
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