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Sudden death due to medulloblastoma

Author(s) -

Gentian Vyshka,

Elmas Shaqiri,

Besim Ymaj

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

bmj case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1757-790X

DOI - 10.1136/bcr.10.2009.2378

Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , medulloblastoma , sudden death , neurology , cause of death , sudden cardiac death , neurosurgery , cardiology , surgery , pathology , disease , psychiatry

Intracranial tumours can be accompanied with intracerebral and intracerebellar non-traumatic haemorrhage; in some cases, this might be their first clinical sign. We report a case of a man who suffered sudden death due to medulloblastoma, with intratumoral haemorrhage; his tumour had a hemispheric cerebellar positioning. The cerebral oedema seen at autopsy reflected the immediate cessation of cerebral vascular circulation, leading to sudden death. Acute obstructive hydrocephaly is a mechanism widely known in the literature for causing sudden death.

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