51 results for “abdominal ultrasound”
62y · Male·Metastatic small cell lung carcinoma (palliated)
…ar-old man in custody, died from metastatic small cell lung carcinoma with palliation. He presented with abdominal pain in late May 2022, and was referred for urgent ultrasound and blood tests on 15 June 2022. However, …
83y · Male·complications of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (treated surgically)
An 83-year-old male prisoner died from complications of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) after a 5-month delay in diagnostic confirmation and treatment. An incidental find…
25y · Female·ruptured splenic artery aneurysm with haemorrhage and internal blood loss
A 25-year-old pregnant woman (23 weeks) presented to hospital with sudden left upper quadrant abdominal pain and loss of consciousness. Clinical assessment identified renal colic and gallstones as likely diag…
84y · Male·haemoperitoneum due to ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Bernard Greenwell, an 84-year-old male, died from rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) while in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre. He experienced sudden-onset seve…
59y · Male·complications of viral liver cirrhosis with hepatocellular carcinoma
…sis while in prison custody. Critical failures included: delayed monitoring of known liver cirrhosis (no ultrasound despite May 2017 abnormal findings until July 2018); inadequate communication of serious ultrasound resu…
71y · Female·Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, with coronary artery atherosclerosis contrib…
Sandra Cree, a 71-year-old woman, died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) after undergoing an elective endovascular repair procedure in Brisbane. She presen…
45y · Male·Intra Abdominal Haemorrhage Associated with Metastatic Carcinoma of the Oesophag…
Reginald Brian O'Neill, a 45-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, …
59y · Male·Disseminated carcinoma on a background of emphysema
…om disseminated carcinoma while remanded in custody at Townsville Correctional Centre. He presented with abdominal pain on 5 December 2018, was diagnosed with a large pelvic mass and subsequently with poorly differentia…
94y · Female·Complications of metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast in a woman with deme…
A 94-year-old woman with advanced dementia and metastatic breast cancer died from complications of her malignancy. She presented repeatedly with vomiting due to duodenal obstruction from metastatic tumour, but this was n…
62y · Male·metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
…ossible cirrhosis. The critical clinical lesson is that Mr Curran should have received six-monthly liver ultrasound screening—the international gold standard for cirrhotic patients—but this never occurred. The cancer was…
65y · Male·Metastatic disease with gastrointestinal primary (adenocarcinoma)
… intellectual disability residing in supported accommodation, presented to hospital in January 2025 with abdominal pain and was found to have metastatic adenocarcinoma of gastrointestinal origin with ascites and renal i…
59y · Female·complications of intra-abdominal sepsis, including multi-organ failure and bowel…
59-year-old woman died from intra-abdominal sepsis, multi-organ failure and bowel perforation following median hepatectomy for cholangiocarcinoma. K…
72y · Male·acute gangrene of colon with probable perforation along with bowel obstruction a…
…iabetes and cardiac disease, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on Christmas Day 2002 with acute abdominal pain and vomiting. Over two days, his condition deteriorated but ischaemic bowel disease was not diagnos…
31y · Female·Ruptured splenic artery aneurysm with extensive retroperitoneal and intraperiton…
…woman at 32 weeks gestation, presented to the Royal Women's Hospital with sudden-onset severe left-sided abdominal pain and hypotension on 21 March 2010. She was assessed by registrar Dr F. and covering specialist Dr L.…
85y · Male·metastatic prostate cancer
An 85-year-old man died of metastatic prostate cancer while in custody serving a sentence for historical child sexual offences. He had declined investigation and treatment for prostate cancer when an enlarged prostate wa…
68y · Male·Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
Graham Lawson, a 68-year-old male inmate at Long Bay Correctional Centre, died from metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma on 19 September 2018. He had presented with weight loss and weakness in September 2017, and diagnost…
57y · Female·Combined features of moderately stenosed right coronary ostium, aortic valve reg…
…tral valve disease, coronary artery stenosis, and cardiomegaly. She also had known aortic dissection and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Her death was from natural causes and occurred overnight in her bedroom. The Disability…
47y · Male·Complications of cirrhosis and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
…custody, died from complications of cirrhosis and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. He presented with abdominal pain in May 2019, initially assessed as constipation, but was subsequently transferred to hospital where…
4y · Male·acute suppurative peritonitis following rupture of an inflamed vermiform appendi…
A 4-year-old Aboriginal boy with autism presented to emergency with vomiting and fever. Appendicitis was considered as a primary diagnosis from admission. Clinical examination was challenging due to communication difficu…
51y · Male·pneumonia secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease
…r carcinoma and chronic liver disease while in custody. He had presented to hospital on 26 May 2010 with abdominal pain and imaging showed a large hepatic lesion suggestive of primary liver cancer. He repeatedly abscond…
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