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| 4.AUTHOR | Betz-P, Eisenmenger-W. |
|---|---|
| INSTITUTION | Department of Legal Medicine, University of Munich, Germany. |
| TITLE | Traumatic origin of a meningioma? |
| SOURCE | Int-J-Legal-Med 1995, VOL: 107 (6), P: 326-8, ISSN: 0937-9827. |
ABSTRACT
The case of a 41-year-old pregnant woman is reported who was found dead in her apartment 5 months after she had suffered a severe head injury due to a car accident. An autopsy, a meningioma (4 cm in diameter) was found localized in the right parieto-temporal region which had probably caused an epileptic seizure leading to central dysfunction and to death. The criteria concerning the diagnosis of a traumatic meningioma are discussed. In the present case, a causal connection between a former head trauma and the development of the tumor had to be refuted. Author.
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