55y · Male·Renal cell carcinoma (brain metastasis)
…tember 2014. He was appropriately transferred to hospital where MRI imaging revealed a large right frontal brain tumour with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. He underwent uncomplicated craniotomy and tumour resection on…
55y · Female·UNASCERTAINED
… 19 July 1981 whilst driving in regional Victoria. She had recently undergone surgery for an intracerebral tumour and was undergoing ongoing investigations for this condition. On the day of disappearance, she became bogg…
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…
83y · Male·Metastatic oesophageal adenocarcinoma
…ls and deterioration during incarceration. In 2009, he was diagnosed with oesophageal adenocarcinoma and a brain tumour. He was transferred to the prison hospital ward for palliative care in September 2009 and died in O…
55y · Male·Glioblastoma multiforme
…ement omissions were identified that could have altered outcome. His death from this aggressive, incurable brain tumour could not have been reasonably prevented. The case highlights the importance of compassionate early…
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…
48y · Male·Anaplastic astrocytoma
…pilepsy and a progressive anaplastic astrocytoma, died in the Werribee Mercy Palliative Care Unit from his brain tumour. He had undergone multiple surgical resections and chemotherapy since 1986. In January 2015, rapid …
70y · Male·advanced left frontal glioblastoma (operated)
A 70-year-old male prisoner died from advanced left frontal glioblastoma. The tumour was identified when he presented with acute stroke-like symptoms (facial droop, weakness, confusion) in Ju…
54y · Female·Pneumonia and radiation induced brain injury
Vishna Damke, a 54-year-old woman with a long history of brainstem tumour treated with radiotherapy in 1994-1995, died of pneumonia complicated by radiation-induced brai…
47y · Male·glioblastoma of the brain (glioblastoma multiforme, left frontal lobe)
Peter David Lawrence, aged 47, died from glioblastoma multiforme at Lyell McEwin Hospital. His brain tumour in the left frontal lobe caused behavioural changes including aggression, confusion, agitation and …
Multiple fatal injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident; for driver (Blockle…
…rborne after striking a power pole. All five occupants sustained fatal injuries. Notably, the driver had a brain tumour at the optic chiasm that may have caused visual disturbance, though the degree of impairment was no…
50y · Female·Irreversible hypoxic brain injury sustained during surgery for meningioma resect…
Hellen Marsh, a 50-year-old woman with Fragile X Syndrome and a brain meningioma, died from irreversible hypoxic brain injury sustained during tumour resection surgery. Signifi…
64y · Male·Complications of a cerebral tumour in the setting of multiple medical comorbidit…
…sabilities including autism, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy, died from complications of a malignant cerebral tumour. He was diagnosed in January 2020 and managed palliatively at home until March when he developed agitated …
56y · Female·Complications arising from acute on chronic haemorrhage into suprachiasmal piloc…
…s of acute on chronic haemorrhage into a suprachiasmal pilocytic astrocytoma. She had suffered an acquired brain injury in 2021 from hydrocephalus secondary to the brain tumour and was residing in specialist disability …
66y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man with invasive sarcoma-like tumour of the head, with te…
…vid Candy, a 66-year-old sentenced prisoner, died from bronchopneumonia complicating invasive sarcoma-like tumour of the head with terminal palliative care. He had a recurrent Merkel cell carcinoma that had been surgical…
51y · Male·progressive high-grade right frontal glioma (glioblastoma multiforme)
Damian Callinan, aged 51, died from progressive high-grade glioblastoma multiforme on 3 February 2021 after 12 days of admission to Royal Hobart Hospital. He had undergone maximal therapy (surgery, radiation, chemotherap…
32y · Male·sudden cardiac arrhythmia
…rison custody one day after discharge from Prince of Wales Hospital following neurosurgery for a pituitary tumour. The coroner found his hospital care was of good standard with appropriate multidisciplinary management, a…
77y · Male·early pneumonia in an elderly man receiving terminal palliative medical care for…
… 77-year-old long-term prisoner, died from early pneumonia while receiving palliative care for an atypical brain meningioma. He had complex chronic conditions including COPD, prostate cancer, ischaemic heart disease, an…
65y · Male·Intracranial mass - glioblastoma multiforme
…presenting with seizure-like symptoms on 11 April 2023. He was rapidly conveyed to hospital where advanced brain tumour was identified. The coroner found no evidence of clinical mismanagement by either disability suppor…
46y · Female·brain swelling and dural venous thrombosis in association with low grade glioma …
Dr D., a 46-year-old medical practitioner, died from brain swelling and dural venous thrombosis associated with a low-grade glioma. She presented to Albany Hospital …
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