Sudden Death due to Undiagnosed Intracranial Meningioma: A Case Report / 대한법의학회지
Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
;
: 150-152, 2008.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Since patients with intracranial neoplasms usually represent their neurological symptoms rather early in the course of the disease, sudden unexpected death due to intracranial neoplasms is an uncommon event seen only exceptionally in medicolegal autopsy practice. Although meningiom is one of the most common primary intracranial neoplasms, sudden death due to the tumor is an uncommon event. We report a sudden, unexpected death of a 56-year-old female with an undiagnosed olfactory groove meningioma. It is assumed that peritumoral edema is related to the sudden death among the several mechanisms.
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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
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2008
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