54y · Female·malignant melanoma with brain metastases
A 54-year-old woman with metastatic melanoma died from brain metastases while detained under a Mental Health Act order at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She had undergon…
72y · Male·Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
…static renal cell carcinoma, died in palliative care after admission on 29 April 2011. He had widespread metastases involving brain, bone, lungs, and adrenal glands at the time of death. The coroner found death resulted …
63y · Female·metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung
Angela Beryl Firth, aged 63, died from metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung with brain metastases while subject to a Level 1 Inpatient Treatment Order at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She presented …
61y · Male·paraneoplastic syndrome caused by metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung
… been diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2007, undergoing right upper lobectomy in April 2007. Subsequent brain metastases developed in September 2007 requiring multiple surgical interventions. His mental state deterio…
62y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving terminal palliative care for metastatic carc…
…s decision. By the time he agreed to surgery in 2009, the cancer had metastasised to his lungs, liver, and brain. He received extensive specialist treatment including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy—care describ…
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 …
53y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the rectum (operated)
…st in custody and underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Despite initial treatment response, metastases developed in his lungs, liver, brain and spine. His care throughout his incarceration and final hospital…
72y · Male·inanition of terminal metastatic carcinoma of the left lung
… advanced lung disease from chronic smoking and was diagnosed with inoperable, aggressive lung cancer with brain metastases in early 2009. Palliative care with morphine was instituted. He deteriorated rapidly over the f…
67y · Female·Complications of metastatic lung cancer, in a woman with chronic obstructive pul…
… services. In December 2022, she experienced functional decline, was admitted to hospital with hypoxia and brain metastases, developed possible seizure activity, and died six days later. The coroner found no preventable…
81y · Male·aspiration of gastric contents complicating disseminated moderately differentiat…
…on, aged 81, died from aspiration of gastric contents complicating undiagnosed metastatic lung cancer with brain metastases. He presented with confusion, agitation and atrial fibrillation; a lung mass was suspected but …
56y · Male·disseminated malignancy – known non-small cell carcinoma of lung
…ous chest x-ray findings in 2011 and managed conservatively given his poor lung function. He progressed to brain and renal metastases by late 2015. The coroner found no deficiencies in supervision, treatment, or care. M…
69y · Male·metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with chronic obstructive lung dis…
…t to a section 32 detention order. He had undergone chemotherapy with initial good response, but developed brain metastases and terminal disease progression. Clinical management included palliative care, dexamethasone f…
67y · Female·disseminated adenocarcinoma of the colon
A 67-year-old woman with metastatic colorectal cancer developed multiple cerebral metastases causing marked behavioural changes (irritability, disinhibition, aggression). She was appropriately plac…
40y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
… initial assessments were inadequate and did not identify metastatic disease until the third presentation. Brain metastases and C6 spinal involvement were subsequently found. During terminal admission, he developed conf…
Male·metastatic lung cancer
…e in custody at Long Bay Gaol in February 2018. He had been serving a 12-year sentence. Lung cancer with metastases to liver, spleen and brain was diagnosed in October 2017 after presenting with coughing and coughing blo…
31y · Male·metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma
31-year-old man serving a custodial sentence died of metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma on 25 January 2022. Diagnosed April 2020, the ultra-rare cancer (1 in 10 million incidence) had already metastasised at discovery…
42y · Male·disseminated metastatic renal cell carcinoma
…etastatic disease to lungs was detected in March 2007, treated with Sunitinib until progression. Further metastases to brain and pericardium developed. The coroner found the initial diagnosis could not have been made ear…
58y · Male·Metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma
…ed of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma while on remand in custody. He had stage 4 lung cancer with brain metastases diagnosed in November 2016, shortly before his arrest for domestic violence offences. While in …
57y · Male·Metastatic lung adenocarcinoma (stage IVA non-small cell lung cancer)
Trevor Charles Stone, a 57-year-old First Nations man imprisoned for sexual offences, died from metastatic lung adenocarcinoma with contributing comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, ischaemic heart disea…
69y · Male·Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer on a background of dilated cardiomyopathy,…
…s; he received palliative care. Following pacemaker infection in November 2015, cancer metastasized to the brain causing seizures. A comfort-care-only resuscitation plan was implemented in December 2015, complying with …
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