Sudden death in an adolescent boy due to a colloid cyst of the third ventricle

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-122

  Aronica, Patricia A ^a   Ahdab Barmada, Mamdouha ^a,b,c   Rozin, Leon ^a,b   Wecht, Cyril H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Allegheny County Coroner's Office   (United States)

^c The WHY NMD Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Colloid cyst; Headache; Hydrocephalus; Sudden death; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART DEATH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COLLOIDS; CYSTS; DEATH, SUDDEN; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE;

EID: 0031816266     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199806000-00004     Document Type: Article

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