A Sudden Unexpected Death in an Epileptic with Cerebral Cavernous Angioma
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Cerebral cavernous angioma is a rare form of vascular malformations which is histologically composed of closely-packed, thin-walled blood vessels without neural tissue intervened. One of the most common symptoms is seizure, which is usually wellcontrolled by medication or surgery and known to be rarely intractable or fatal. Because sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy patients reveals generally its unclear death mechanism and negative autopsy finding in forensic pathology practice, particular attention should be paid. We recently experienced an autopsy case of 32-year-old woman who had suffered from epilepsy and showed cerebral cavernous angioma on autopsy. We report this case with literature review.
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Cerebral cavernous angioma is a rare form of vascular malformations which is histologically composed of closely-packed, thin-walled blood vessels without neural tissue intervened. One of the most common symptoms is seizure, which is usually wellcontrolled by medication or surgery and known to be rarely intractable or fatal. Because sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy patients reveals generally its unclear death mechanism and negative autopsy finding in forensic pathology practice, particular attention should be paid. We recently experienced an autopsy case of 32-year-old woman who had suffered from epilepsy and showed cerebral cavernous angioma on autopsy. We report this case with literature review.
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