20 results for “breast cancer”
41y · Male·respiratory arrest secondary to advanced metastatic breast cancer
Ray Jabaltjari Gibson was a 41-year-old Aboriginal man with advanced metastatic breast cancer who died of respiratory arrest while in prison custody. He had been diagnosed with breast cancer in…
62y · Female·Metastatic Breast Cancer
Patricia Parkes, a 62-year-old woman with autism and severe intellectual disability, died from metastatic breast cancer at a palliative care unit. She had resided in residential care since childhood with substantial fam…
53y · Female·Metastatic carcinoma of breast
…n Department of Human Services accommodation in Sunbury, Victoria. In October 2006, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a full mastectomy and removal of lymph glands from her left breast at Royal Melbourn…
42y · Female·metastatic breast cancer
Cherie Alderson, aged 42, died from metastatic breast cancer in Caritas Christi Hospice on 12 July 2010. She had lived in Department of Human Services out-of-ho…
57y · Female·Metastatic triple negative breast cancer
…ellectual disability residing in specialist disability accommodation, died from metastatic triple-negative breast cancer at Royal Melbourne Hospital. She underwent mastectomy and chemotherapy in early 2023, transitioning…
53y · Female·Metastatic breast cancer
… woman with complex medical needs including Dandy-Walker syndrome, intellectual disability, and metastatic breast cancer, died of her malignancy at Sunshine Hospital. She was admitted on 11 June 2024 with shallow breathi…
64y · Female·Blunt Force Trauma to the Head in the Setting of Prolonged Lie; Metastatic Breas…
…roximately three days before discovery, developing pressure ulcers and sepsis. She had advanced metastatic breast cancer. Chai subsequently died by hanging. The case demonstrates how problem gambling can escalate to inti…
70y · Female·fungal pneumonia as a complication of breast cancer and its treatment
Dolly Granites, a 70-year-old Aboriginal woman, died from fungal pneumonia complicating breast cancer in September 2004. A significant 17-month delay occurred between initial detection of a breast lump…
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 o…
80y · Female·Complications of chronic lymphocytic lymphoma in the setting of multiple medical…
Joyce Drummond, an 80-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic lymphoma, pancytopenia, and intellectual disability, died from complications of her lymphoma in a palliative care setting. She had lived in disability accommo…
39y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, tapentadol, tramadol, pro…
…nd unexpected to those around her. Key clinical lessons: Ms O'Shea had chronic complex medical conditions (breast cancer post-treatment, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, depression, anxiety) with previous overdose atte…
60y · Female·haemorrhagic shock and respiratory failure due to right-sided haemothorax compli…
A 60-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer and COAD died from haemorrhagic shock due to right-sided haemothorax complicating thoracentesis. Th…
50y · Female·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
Yan Yi Xu, a 50-year-old woman with a history of depression and recent breast cancer diagnosis, was admitted to Cramond Clinic psychiatric ward following a suicide attempt on Christmas…
56y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to inadvertent oesophageal intubation and f…
…jah, 55-year-old with multiple comorbidities including obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, and metastatic breast cancer, underwent haemodialysis at Canberra Hospital on 29 July 2011. She had an adverse reaction characte…
45y · Female·COVID pneumonia complicated by severe electrolyte abnormalities
A 45-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, and blindness died from COVID pneumonia complicated by severe electrolyte abnormalities. She was admitted three times over 3 weeks with progressive ele…
92y · Female·heart failure secondary to aortic stenosis, anaemia, atrial fibrillation and isc…
A 92-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (aortic stenosis, anaemia, atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease) died of heart failure four days after admission to aged care. She had been hospitalised for three m…
58y · Female·Haemorrhagic shock complicating pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of deep…
A 58-year-old woman with obesity (BMI 38) sustained a metatarsal fracture and was treated with a below-knee plaster cast by her GP. Despite appropriate initial assessment and consultation with a haematologist regarding V…
Unknown·Toxicity from intravenous caesium, DMSO, and other substances administered as pa…
In May 2005, the Kathi Preston Memorial Health Centre (KPMHC) operated an unproven cancer therapy clinic from Dr B.'s home in Perth, Western Australia, administering intravenous treatment containi…
51y · Female·Cannot be determined; likely mixed drug (including alcohol) toxicity or undeterm…
Margaret Joy O'Donnell, aged 51, died between 9-15 June 2018. The cause of death could not be determined due to decomposition, but toxicology revealed mixed drug toxicity including fatal levels of methadone and hydromorp…
45y · Female·Extensive retroperitoneal haemorrhage following bone marrow biopsy procedure wit…
…old woman with complex medical history including neurofibromatosis type 1, essential thrombocytosis, prior cancers, and recent cerebral infarcts on warfarin, underwent bone marrow biopsy at Royal Perth Hospital on 23 Nov…
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