Sudden Unexpected Death Resulting from Previously Nonsymptomatic Subependymoma
作者:
Ruben Ortiz-Reyes,
Ljubisa Dragovic,
Anders Eriksson,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 23,
issue 1
页码: 63-67
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
关键词: Sudden death;Subependymoma
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A 34-year-old, previously healthy man died suddenly and unexpectedly. The autopsy showed brain and pulmonary edema, numerous small meningeal meningiomas, bilateral and symmetrical juxtaventricular meningiomas, and a well-demarcated gray tan tumor in the medulla oblongata and upper cervical spinal cord. The latter tumor was a subependymoma with features of ependymoma in places. The authors describe and discuss the characteristics of this rare central nervous system tumor, its histogenesis, and its coexistence with other intracranial tumors. The possible mechanisms of death in the present case include compression of vital centers and acute obstruction of the cerebrospinal fluid flow.
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