    ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM COLUMBIA CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER,  ON OCTOBER 9, 1996 DECEASED WENT TO CAC URGENT CARE CENTER COMPLAINING OF SEVERE BACK PAIN AND DIFFICULTY WALKING.  HE HAD A 3-4 MONTH HISTORY OF ENLARGING MASSES IN THE SUBMANDIBULAR, NECK AND SUPRACLAVICULAR AREAS AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR A BIOSPY.  HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIATED DISC L4-L5 AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER.  
     UPON ARRIVAL: ALERT, AWAKE AND ORIENTED. BLOOD PRESSURE: 139/91, PULSE: 122, RESPIRATIONS: 20 .  HE WAS ADMITTED WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN.  A CT SCAN OF SPINE REVEALED NO DEFINITE EVIDENCE FOR HERNIATED DISC.  CT SCAN OF PELVIS SHOWED LYMPH NODES IN BOTH INGUINAL AREA.  ABDOMINAL SCAN SHOWED SCATTERED LYMPH NODES WITHIN THE RETROPERITONEUM.  HE UNDERWENT A BIOPSY AND BEGAN HAVING CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS..  ON OCTOBER 16, 1996 HIS CONDITION BEGAN TO DETERIORATE, HE BEGAN HAVING LABORED BREATHING WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH.  HE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS.  MONITOR SHOWED ASYSTOLE RHYTHM.  CPR BEGAN AND CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 1:35P.M..
    ***FAMILY MEMBERS ALLEDGES POSSIBLE MAL PRACTICE THEY ARE REQUESTING AN AUTOPSY.***                  