Condroma intracraneal: un caso de muerte súbita

Abstract

Sudden deaths due to primary intracranial tumours undiagnosed during life are rare. We present a case of sudden death in a young adult with no clinical history of interest. The forensic autopsy discovered that the cause of death was an intracranial chondroma. According to the literature, intracranial chondromas are usually diagnosed in life, so the onset of this tumour as sudden death is exceptional. Intracranial chondroma is a rare benign tumour. Histopathological and radiological characteristics are well defined. The treatment of choice is complete resection, and the long-term prognosis is good. This case shows that it would be convenient to perform an autopsy of all unexpected sudden deaths in young people, in order to determine the cause of death.