16 results for “CT scan of cervical spine”
89y · Male·fractured cervical spine (C5 inferior articular process fracture) due to unwitne…
An 89-year-old man with Parkinson's disease fell at home on 16 August 2016, sustaining a cervical spine fracture. Initial CT imaging missed the C5 inferior articular process fracture, reporting only a pa…
71y · Female·pneumonia following cervical spine fracture sustained in motor vehicle collision
Julie Anne Holmes, aged 71, died of pneumonia following a cervical spine fracture sustained in a motor vehicle accident that was not diagnosed during her hospital admission…
29y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating neck injuries sustained in a fall, with Coffin-Low…
A 29-year-old man with Coffin-Lowry Syndrome suffered a severe cervical spinal cord injury from a fall at a respite facility. Disability workers found him on the floor but initi…
69y · Female·subdural haematoma
…iting. CT imaging at the emergency department missed a subtle right tentorial subdural haematoma on initial scan, though the radiologist later acknowledged this was difficult to detect. A C3 vertebral fracture was also m…
63y · Male·Cerebral infarction complicating vertebral artery dissection following motor veh…
…equent cerebral infarction. At Albury Base Hospital, initial CT imaging at 10:44am identified significant cervical spine injuries, but critical imaging results (MRI and CT angiogram) were delayed approximately 4.5 hours.…
88y · Female·Complications of a pedestrian accident including subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdu…
An 88-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy) was struck by a reversing vehicle at low speed, sustaining subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdural haemorrhage, and fracture…
63y · Male·Sepsis in a man with complicated peripheral vascular disease
… vascular disease, diabetes, and prior amputations, died from sepsis in an aged care facility following a cervical spine fracture sustained in a fall. After conservative treatment of his C4 fracture, he developed extensi…
35y · Male·Acute Staphylococcus aureus Meningitis
Christopher Nigel Spinks, a 35-year-old tree surgeon, died of acute Staphylococcus aureus meningitis on 3 December 2002. He initially presented on 27 November 2002 with neck pain following a windsurfing accident. Dr R. n…
80y · Female·Haemoperitoneum/retroperitoneal haematoma due to rupture of the abdominal aorta …
An 80-year-old woman presented to hospital after falls causing head injury and cervical spine fracture. Initial CT ruled out intracranial pathology. She developed undifferentiated shock at 5am,…
0y · Male·Head injury
A 7-month-old boy died from severe head trauma following an unwitnessed incident on 6 June 2018. The child was found unconscious after reportedly being pushed from a highchair by his 4-year-old brother and died 4 days la…
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
…William Strickland, an experienced Harley Davidson rider, died from brainstem infarction following severe cervical spinal injury sustained in a motorcycle crash on Julimar Road, Western Australia. He failed to negotiate …
35y · Male·head injury in a man with chronic liver disease
A 35-year-old male prisoner with chronic hepatitis C cirrhosis and thrombocytopenia died from traumatic brain injury sustained during an unprovoked assault by another prisoner. A single punch caused him to fall backward …
80y · Male·metastatic oesophageal cancer
Josef Lear, an 80-year-old prisoner, died of metastatic oesophageal cancer at the Royal Darwin Hospital Hospice on 7 March 2021. He presented with progressive dysphagia, cough, and weight loss in mid-2020, which was appr…
56y · Male·unascertainable; complications of liver cirrhosis and/or exposure most likely
Delray Beasley, a 56-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic liver cirrhosis from longstanding alcohol abuse, was admitted to Kalgoorlie Hospital in May 2010 following an alleged assault. He was initially evaluated for poss…
93y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage in the setting of over-warfarinisation
A 93-year-old man on warfarin for atrial fibrillation sustained a head strike in a fall at residential aged care. Initial assessment by ambulance was appropriate and he was not transferred. Over subsequent days, neurolog…
79y · Male·hypoxic brain injury due to cardio-respiratory arrest caused by opioid toxicity
Yongxing Wang, 79, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by opioid toxicity from combined morphine and oxycodone. After a minor back injury on 21 August, he received a cortisone injection on 22 August with complications.…
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