22 results for “pleural biopsy”
86y · Male·combined effects of acute myeloid leukaemia, acute renal failure and staphylococ…
…encing in 2016, he was seen in November 2016 with suspected myelodysplasia and recommended for bone marrow biopsy, which he declined. By July 2018, his condition had deteriorated acutely with organ failure and infection.…
65y · Male·complications of mesothelioma
…d chest pain. Initial investigations at Royal Perth Hospital were inconclusive. By July 2011 he developed pleural effusion requiring hospitalization. Pleuroscopy and biopsy confirmed rapidly progressing left-sided mesot…
47y · Male·Metastatic mesothelioma
…incent's Hospital. He was diagnosed with epithelioid mesothelioma in January 2019 following CT imaging and biopsy. He received appropriate palliative chemotherapy, pain management, and end-of-life care. The coroner found…
76y · Male·complications of acute myeloid leukaemia
…scopic cholecystectomy, the underlying haematological malignancy was not identified until post-mortem bone biopsy. He deteriorated rapidly in ICU and died on 19 August 2021. The coroner found that custodial and healthcar…
39y · Female·Undifferentiated large right pleural effusion
…l palsy, intellectual disability, and epilepsy living in supported accommodation, died from a large right pleural effusion complicated by chest infection. She presented to hospital in May 2024 with poor appetite and was…
60y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure due to malignant pleural effusion due to metastatic ma…
…ressing, antibiotics, and orthopaedic review. Malignant melanoma was diagnosed only in July 2008 following biopsy, at which point the cancer had already metastasised to regional lymph nodes. The melanoma subsequently spr…
65y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure secondary to Ischaemic Heart Disease due to Non-Small…
Kevin John Steel, a 65-year-old Aboriginal man with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and multiple comorbidities, died in Alice Springs Hospital from congestive cardiac fa…
66y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and influenza A complicating cardiac and renal failure associat…
A 66-year-old man with cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis secondary to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma died from bronchopneumonia and influenza A complicating cardiac and renal failure. He developed delirium, agitation and paranoia dur…
27y · Male·Metastatic sarcoma
Brendon Lahrs, a 27-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic Ewing's sarcoma (CIC-DUX4 translocation type) in March 2017. He presented with a persistent cough in April 2016 and was initially managed with Ventolin for susp…
70y · Male·Metastatic melanoma with ischaemic heart disease as a contributing condition
… He presented with a rapidly enlarging axillary mass in February 2023, confirmed as metastatic melanoma by biopsy in March. He underwent hip replacement for a pathological fracture and received immunotherapy, but deterio…
83y · Male·respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive lung disease
An 83-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, suspected mesothelioma, and recurrent respiratory infections presented with type 2 respiratory failure and delirium secondary to hypoxia and lower respirator…
80y · Male·sepsis due to lobar pneumonia due to metastatic mesothelioma
Kenneth Draney, an 80-year-old prisoner, died from sepsis due to lobar pneumonia secondary to metastatic mesothelioma. He was diagnosed with advanced, incurable mesothelioma in May 2012 with poor prognosis and life expec…
68y · Male·Lung cancer
Daniel McQuilken, a 68-year-old man in immigration detention, died from metastatic lung cancer. His lung cancer diagnosis was made while detained, likely related to his significant smoking history and prior asbestos and …
73y · Female·Metastatic oesophageal cancer
…lity. She was admitted to hospital in March 2023 where oesophageal cancer was diagnosed on gastroscopy and biopsy. Oncology deemed the condition incurable and palliative care was initiated. An oesophageal stent was place…
71y · Male·metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma
Robert Bell-Williams, aged 71, died from metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma while in lawful custody at Long Bay Hospital on 1 February 2024. Imprisoned since 2012, he was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma in 202…
53y · Male·disseminated malignant melanoma
A 53-year-old man died of disseminated malignant melanoma while incarcerated at Yatala Labour Prison. Initial excision of a large arm mole in November 2019 revealed Stage III melanoma. A January 2020 multi-disciplinary t…
10y · Female·Septic shock and multiple organ failure as complications of advanced metastatic …
…s. After 6 weeks of untreated disease, Tamar deteriorated significantly with weight loss, paraplegia, and pleural effusion before hospitalisation in late October. While chemotherapy was commenced in El Salvador, her con…
63y · Male·Metastatic carcinoma of the lung
Lawrence Jeffrey, a 63-year-old inmate at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, died from metastatic lung carcinoma on 11 May 2008. He presented with symptoms consistent with his known chronic conditions (asthma, COPD, silicos…
64y · Male·bronchopneumonia and sepsis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a man …
Edward Ivan Africh, a 64-year-old sentenced prisoner, died from bronchopneumonia and sepsis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema) in the setting of advanced chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia and heart fai…
61y · Male·Lymphoma (CD30 positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder), medically managed
A 61-year-old man died from CD30-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (PTCL) after being incorrectly diagnosed and treated for Hodgkin lymphoma. Critical diagnostic information—a negative PAX5 immunohistochemistr…
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