186 results for “metastatic disease”
73y · Male·Metastatic rectal carcinoma
A 73-year-old man died from metastatic rectal carcinoma while serving a prison sentence. He was transferred from Port Phillip Prison to St Vinc…
61y · Female·respiratory failure secondary to advanced malignancy
Ms Carmelina Bellocco, aged 61, died from respiratory failure secondary to advanced metastatic colon cancer. She had longstanding paranoid schizophrenia with poor insight and compliance. Cancer was d…
59y · Male·Disseminated carcinoma on a background of emphysema
Robert Fullerton, a 59-year-old Aboriginal man from Palm Island, died from disseminated carcinoma while remanded in custody at Townsville Correctional Centre. He presented with abdominal pain on 5 December 2018, was diag…
62y · Male·Extensive liver tumour, primary site not identified
…actors were identified in the assessment or management. The case highlights the challenge of identifying metastatic cancer with unknown primary site in symptomatic patients.
65y · Male·Metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin
Sen Hung Chen, a 65-year-old prisoner with hepatitis C cirrhosis, diabetes and hypertension, died from metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin while in custody at Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He…
75y · Male·disseminated carcinoma of the prostate gland
…te, with no evidence of differential treatment due to custody status. The case highlights how aggressive metastatic prostate cancer can progress rapidly—had the initial life expectancy estimate of 5 years been accurate, …
81y · Male·inanition complicating traumatic brain injury and disseminated malignancy
An 81-year-old man with metastatic bowel cancer suffered a traumatic brain injury from a fall, resulting in multiple intracerebral haemorrh…
71y · Male·undetermined - likely injuries sustained from fall at The Gap, but cannot exclud…
Peter Johnson, a 71-year-old man with metastatic prostate cancer, disappeared on 17 October 2019 from The Gap in Torndirrup National Park, Albany. He had…
64y · Female·stage IVB metastatic adenocarcinoma of the rectum
…on, a 64-year-old woman with a 35-year history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from stage IVB metastatic adenocarcinoma of the rectum at the Roy Fagan Centre on 27 May 2020. She had been subject to a Mental He…
75y · Male·Metastatic prostatic carcinoma
A 75-year-old Indigenous man died from metastatic prostate cancer while in prison custody. Diagnosed with cancer in 2012, he also had haemophilia A, ischa…
58y · Male·carcinomatosis from unknown primary
David Kevin Loader, a 58-year-old life prisoner, died from metastatic cancer of unknown primary in January 2020. He presented with multiple episodes of back, abdominal, shoul…
40y · Male·large bowel obstruction complicating disseminated carcinoma of rectum
…been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in 2004, treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, with progressive metastatic disease. In March 2008 he presented with necrotising fasciitis requiring emergency surgery and ICU care.…
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 Austral…
88y · Male·Metastatic prostate carcinoma
Donald Victor Greenaway, an 88-year-old man serving a 21-year prison sentence, died from metastatic prostate carcinoma in the Aged Care Ward at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He had been diagnosed with sta…
66y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia in a man with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, pulmon…
…y smoking and alcohol use, died from cardiac arrhythmia in the setting of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, pulmonary thromboembolism, and metastatic pancreatic cancer. While the coroner found medical care during…
45y · Male·Intra Abdominal Haemorrhage Associated with Metastatic Carcinoma of the Oesophag…
…year-old sentenced prisoner at Karnet Prison Farm, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage associated with metastatic oesophageal carcinoma on 6 December 2003. In late November 2003, he presented with upper abdominal pain …
53y · Male·disseminated malignant melanoma
…rformed due to communication breakdown between dermatology and surgical oncology. By May 2020, extensive metastatic disease had developed. The coroner found that had the recommended surgery occurred as planned, the patie…
Unknown·Electrocution
…ouple by electrocution. JB, aged approximately 75, had terminal lung cancer (bronchogenic carcinoma with metastatic disease and pleural effusion) with a prognosis of months to live. He declined palliative treatment to co…
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 s…
55y · Male·decompensated liver failure in a man with metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, w…
Tony Ruich, a 55-year-old sentenced prisoner, died from decompensated liver failure due to metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma with terminal palliative care. He had pre-existing cirrhosis diagnosed in 2012,…
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