115 results for “metastatic malignancy”
63y · Male·disseminated carcinoma (pancreatic cancer with metastases to liver and lung)
George Papadopoulos, aged 63, died in prison custody from disseminated pancreatic carcinoma with metastases. He had refused imaging investigations due to unfounded concerns about radiation, despite recommendations for CT…
60y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with advanced metastatic angiosarcoma
A 60-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence died of pneumonia complicated by advanced metastatic angiosarcoma. He had two rare medical conditions: epithelioid angiosarcoma (diagnosed 2007) and aortitis…
54y · Female·malignant melanoma with brain metastases
A 54-year-old woman with metastatic melanoma died from brain metastases while detained under a Mental Health Act order at the Royal Adelaide…
71y · Male·Complications of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (terminal palliation)
Leslie Shortte, a 71-year-old life prisoner, died from metastatic squamous cell carcinoma with complications. Critical failures in his prison medical care included: failu…
56y · Female·Complications of cervical cancer
Kerry Forrest, aged 56, died in custody on 26 January 2016 from complications of advanced cervical cancer. She was serving a 25-year sentence after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer in 2012, prior to sentenci…
63y · Female·disseminated metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary in a woman with multiple sc…
…a 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 weeks…
56y · Male·disseminated malignancy – known non-small cell carcinoma of lung
Colin George Graham, a 56-year-old Aboriginal man with severe COPD and lung cancer, died of disseminated non-small cell carcinoma while in prison custody receiving palliative care. The coroner found his medical care was …
71y · Female·complications of metastatic endometrial carcinoma, treated palliatively
…t and GP that results were normal. A second HDC on 28 February 2020 revealed high-grade undifferentiated malignancy, confirming endometrial cancer with poor prognosis. The diagnosis delay of approximately 6-7 weeks, thou…
66y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia in a man with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, pulmon…
…iac arrhythmia in the setting of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, pulmonary thromboembolism, and metastatic pancreatic cancer. While the coroner found medical care during imprisonment was comprehensive and approp…
81y · Male·aspiration of gastric contents complicating disseminated moderately differentiat…
Graham Joseph Butson, aged 81, died from aspiration of gastric contents complicating undiagnosed metastatic lung cancer with brain metastases. He presented with confusion, agitation and atrial fibrillation; a lun…
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, wei…
66y · Male·carcinomatosis complicated by recurrent sepsis and multisystem failure in a man …
A 66-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma died in hospital from carcinomatosis with sepsis and multisystem failure. Critical clinical lesson: haematuria in 2005 was not adequately investigated with imaging despite recu…
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 …
73y · Male·Disseminated malignancy (advanced lung carcinoma and mouth carcinoma) in a man w…
Robert Craig, aged 73, died from disseminated malignancy (advanced lung and mouth carcinoma) while in prison custody. He received suboptimal cancer treatment at …
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…
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