Autopsy findings of SUDEP in adolescence
- Author:
Dedi Afandi
1
Author Information
1. Forensic Medicine and Medicolegal Studies Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Riau
- Collective Name:Dedi Afandi and Ilhami Romus
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Adolescence;
autopsy finding;
neuropathological;
seizure;
sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
- MeSH:
neuropathological;
seizure
- From:The Malaysian Journal of Pathology
2018;40(2):185-189
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a rare in children; the risk of SUDEP in children is up to 10-fold less than adults. Herein, we report a case of SUDEP in a 14-year-old boy. The post-mortem findings in neuropathological examination in SUDEP are not pathognomonic. Tongue and lip bites marks are only an indication of a seizure before death. Basically, there are no lesions that could explain the incidence of seizures before death. However, post-mortem examination is mandatory in order to determine the diagnosis of SUDEP. Autopsy, histopathological, and toxicologic examinations and a proper medical history of epilepsy are required to come to diagnosis of SUDEP. This case report further demonstrates the importance of medicolegal autopsy in allegedly dead victims.
- Full text:5.2018my0966.pdf
