44 results for “MRI brain imaging”
78y · Male·large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect
… Inpatient Treatment Order (ITO) for acute hyperactive delirium. He had stage 4 lung cancer with extensive brain metastases discovered on MRI. His delirium was appropriately attributed to cancer rather than the initial …
31y · Female·right cerebellar cerebrovascular accident (cerebellar infarction with obstructiv…
…sented with acute onset headache, dizziness, vomiting, facial numbness and speech difficulties. Initial CT brain showed equivocal left temporal hypodensity. Dr B. diagnosed acute migraine/benign positional vertigo and o…
89y · Male·fractured cervical spine (C5 inferior articular process fracture) due to unwitne…
…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 paraspinal haematoma. Conservative ma…
55y · Male·Haemorrhagic brain stem infarction due to hypertensive heart disease
… pain. He experienced two falls during his hospital stay (one in the bathroom, one near his bed). Initial imaging showed no acute pathology, but subsequent CT and MRI scans revealed subarachnoid haemorrhage and extensiv…
55y · Male·Renal cell carcinoma (brain metastasis)
… reception to correctional custody on 16 September 2014. He was appropriately transferred to hospital where MRI imaging revealed a large right frontal brain tumour with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. He underwent unco…
41y · Female·Intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndr…
…lower limb oedema. She was admitted under general physician Dr S. after ED assessment by Dr McKenzie. A CT brain performed that evening was reported as normal. Despite clinical concern for cerebral venous thrombosis doc…
41y · Male·large volume thrombotic stroke within the distribution of the right posterior ce…
… stroke on 7 September and arrange urgent transfer to the Stroke Unit at Royal Hobart Hospital. Instead, an MRI was delayed 4 days. When the MRI eventually revealed basilar artery thrombosis with extensive infarction on…
78y · Female·Complications of a left tentorial meningioma
A 78-year-old woman with a meningioma detected incidentally on MRI in 2009 presented to hospital in 2015 with gait disturbance and falls. The tumour had grown significantly, …
64y · Male·Complications of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease following a fall
Ian Gould, a 64-year-old man with a non-MRI compatible pacemaker, presented with vision loss in June 2019. Initial neurological and ophthalmological ev…
12y · Female·Raised intracranial pressure due to acute-on-chronic hydrocephalus in the contex…
…severe scoliosis. She had a pre-existing, asymptomatic Chiari type 1 malformation detected on pre-operative MRI of her spine. A paediatric neurologist assessed her as cleared for surgery. Post-operatively, she developed…
72y · Male·cerebral malignancy (glioblastoma multiforme)
…r 2020 during a routine medical appointment in prison. Prison staff appropriately called an ambulance; CT imaging identified three intracerebral lesions. He was promptly transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital where MRI …
21y · Male·Complications of blunt head injury resulting from at least two separate acts of …
…irst hospital admission on 22-24 November 2013: a subdural haematoma and occipital fracture visible on CT imaging were not diagnosed; the radiologist's recommendation for MRI was not pursued despite suspicion of non-acc…
31y · Female·raised intracranial pressure due to ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction (disc…
… team misinterpreted findings alongside a reassuring shunt flow study and discharged her as migraine. The imaging was never reviewed by an experienced neurosurgeon. Her mother repeatedly raised concerns about shunt dysf…
4y · Female·hypoxic brain injuries
A 4-month-old girl died from hypoxic brain injury following an unexplained, unnatural restriction of oxygen on 13 May 2017. She was found unresponsiv…
55y · Male·Traumatic brain injury caused by blunt force to the head sustained in a fall
Rodney Bates, a 55-year-old in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall on 2 April 2015. He had experienced recurrent unexplained loss of consciousness…
66y · Female·Ischaemic brainstem stroke
…gia, presented to the Emergency Department on 26 November 2024 with acute focal neurological symptoms. CT imaging revealed bilateral occipital posterior circulation infarcts with basilar artery occlusion, placing her ou…
3y · Unknown·High grade pontine glioma
A three-year-old child in foster care died from high-grade pontine glioma, an aggressive brain tumour. The child had presented with severe developmental delay, behavioural problems, and global developm…
87y · Male·Consequences of an assault with severe facial fractures
RFV, an 87-year-old man, died from severe facial fractures and traumatic brain injury sustained during an assault by his daughter-in-law. He presented to hospital in critical condition …
66y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of acute myocardial infarction in a man with…
…l fibrillation, he was discharged back to prison. He was readmitted when his condition deteriorated, and a brain tumour was subsequently diagnosed. When aspiration pneumonia developed in March, he refused antibiotics an…
55y · Male·Glioblastoma multiforme
…nted with haematuria and neurological symptoms and was found to have a grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme on imaging and histopathology. He underwent appropriate neurosurgical debulking and was managed with palliative care…
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