Korean Journal of Legal Medicine  2008;32(2):150-152

Sudden Death due to Undiagnosed Intracranial Meningioma: A Case Report.

Gi Yeong HUH 1 ; Kwang Hoon KIM ; Yong Woo AHN ; Gam Rae JO ; Seong Muk JEONG ; Sang Yong LEE

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Keywords

Meningioma; Sudden death; Peritumoral edema

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

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.