Korean J Leg Med.  2008 Nov;32(2):150-152.

Sudden Death due to Undiagnosed Intracranial Meningioma: A Case Report

• Huh GY
• Kim KH
• Ahn YW
• Jo GR
• Jeong SM
• Lee SY

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.

Keyword

Meningioma; Sudden death; Peritumoral edema

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans