45y · Male·abdominal sepsis on a background of metastatic lung carcinoma
A 45-year-old man with advanced metastatic lung cancer died from abdominal sepsis secondary to bowel perforation while imprisoned. He presented with respiratory …
72y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic bowel c…
Patrick Barry, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, severe dysphagia, and metastatic bowel cancer, died from aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. He had recurrent respiratory tract inf…
48y · Female·Pneumonia on a background of subacute bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic …
…d intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from pneumonia with subacute bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic sigmoid colorectal cancer. She presented with non-specific symptoms (l…
65y · Female·bowel cancer
Gillian Patricia Johnston, aged 65, died from bowel cancer at her home in Wangaratta on 27 December 2020. She was residing in disability support accommodation…
70y · Male·Metastatic tumour in the setting of known renal and bowel cancer
Kenneth Albert Hargreaves, a 70-year-old man with extensive medical comorbidities including renal and bowel cancer, lymphoma, Parkinson's disease, and cardiac disease, died from metastatic tumour while imprisoned a…
51y · Female·Complications of metastatic ovarian carcinoma
…inoma in March 2009. She presented with nausea, vomiting and abdominal distension caused by tumour-related bowel obstruction. Following family consultation, a palliative approach was adopted given the terminal diagnosis…
55y · Male·Consequences of urothelial cancer
David Hall, aged 55, died in custody at Long Bay Correctional Facility from metastatic urothelial cancer. He had multiple comorbidities including multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and history of bladder cancer treat…
64y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving palliative care for terminal cancer of the r…
Bill Portelli, a 64-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia and terminal rectum cancer with liver metastases, died of bronchopneumonia (from aspirated vomit) while receiving palliative care at …
63y · Female·Aspiration event in the setting of cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and …
Kerry Patricia Johnston, a 63-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and bowel cancer, died from aspiration on 26 December 2022 at Mildura Base Hospital. She had been discharged four da…
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 haemorrhages and…
55y · Female·Complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
…ure, low pulse, and abdominal tenderness. She was referred to ED and admitted to ICU with septic shock and bowel obstruction. CT imaging revealed colon cancer with hepatic metastases. She underwent emergency proctolecto…
40y · Male·large bowel obstruction complicating disseminated carcinoma of rectum
A 40-year-old male died in prison custody from large bowel obstruction complicating disseminated rectal carcinoma. He had been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in 2004,…
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 diagnosed in 200…
43y · Male·Metastatic colo-rectal carcinoma
…sented with severe abdominal and back pain in February 2016, leading to diagnosis of metastatic colorectal cancer. He underwent partial bowel resection and received fortnightly chemotherapy from April to November 2016 be…
65y · Male·Complications following a malignant bowel obstruction in a man with multiple com…
…ntellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from complications of malignant bowel obstruction. He presented with chronic constipation in July 2023, was found to have distal transverse colo…
66y · Male·Complications of metastatic colorectal cancer (palliated)
… man with Fragile X Syndrome and intellectual disability, died from complications of metastatic colorectal cancer receiving palliative care. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2015, which metastasised to his liver by …
34y · Female·complications of metastatic rectal cancer
Penelope Dingle died of metastatic rectal cancer on 25 August 2005. She was diagnosed with localised rectal cancer in February 2003 when a potential surgic…
66y · Male·respiratory infection on a background of metastatic carcinoma
…ory infection secondary to metastatic carcinoma. He had undergone laryngectomy and tracheostomy for throat cancer in 2017, and presented with extensive nodal involvement discovered on imaging in December 2018. He was rec…
75y · Male·disseminated carcinoma of the prostate gland
Gerard Grootveld, a 75-year-old prisoner, died from disseminated prostate cancer with bone metastases. Sentenced in July 2006 despite known advanced cancer and multiple comorbidities, his…
75y · Male·Complications of multiple myeloma (palliated)
…yeloma. He was diagnosed with advanced multiple myeloma in June 2021 following presentation with suspected bowel obstruction. After discussions with cancer specialists, his family chose palliative care over surgery and …
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