5 results for “skin biopsy”
45y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
…5-2006, but the prison doctor (Dr C.) assessed it as benign in August and December 2006 without performing biopsy. In February 2008, hospital dermatologist Dr E. identified it as probable melanoma and made an urgent refe…
71y · Male·Complications of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (terminal palliation)
Leslie Shortte, a 71-year-old life prisoner, died from metastatic squamous cell carcinoma with complications. Critical failures in his prison medical care included: failure to complete annual health assessments after 201…
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…
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…
40y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
A 40-year-old man with metastatic melanoma died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 September 2015. He had atypical nevi removed in 2009 and melanoma diagnosed in 2013, initially undergoing surgery with curative intent. How…
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