Colloid cysts of the third ventricle with fatal outcome: a report of two cases and review of the literature |
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| Authors: | A. Büttner P. A. Winkler W. Eisenmenger S. Weis |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Legal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Frauenlobstrasse 7a, D-80377 München, Germany Fax: +49 (89) 5160 5144, DE;(2) Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Marchioninistrasse 15, D-81377 München, Germany, DE;(3) Institute of Neuropathology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Thalkirchnerstrasse 36, D-80337 München, Germany, DE |
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| Abstract: | Two cases of sudden death due to colloid cysts of the third ventricle are presented with a review of the literature. In the first case, a 40-year-old woman suffered an acute onset of severe frontal headache after an intercontinental air flight. The next day, she was found comatous and died 7 h after admission to a hospital. In the second case, a 33-year-old man with a medical history of recurrent headaches was found dead in his car. Autopsy in both cases revealed a colloid cyst of the third ventricle and hydrocephalus involving the lateral ventricles. Received: 7 February 1997 / Received in revised form: 2 April 1997 |
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| Keywords: | Colloid cyst Sudden death Third ventricle |
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