Table 1 Cases of sudden death due to glioblastoma multiforme published in the current literature
Authors | Sex | Age (years) | Topography | Size of tumor (cm) | Symptom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sutton JT et al. (2010) | M | 7 | Right frontal lobe | 7 | 2 hours before death complying of a headache |
2 | Vougiouklakis T. et al. (2006) | M | 34 | Third ventricle, at level of the foramen of Monro | 6,9 | No neurological symptoms. The man was found unconscious in bed |
3 | Shiferaw K. et al. (2006) | M | 48 | Right frontal lobe | 4 | Patient with schizophrenia. Five day prior death, the man was disoriented, slow, and somnolent. |
4 | Elgamal EA. et al. (2006) | M | 10 week | Left parietal lobe | / | Irritability excessively for 1 day and large vomit |
5 | Matschke J. et al. (2005) | F | 33 | Right fronto-parietal lobe | / | No neurological symptoms. The woman was found dead in her apartment |
6 | M | 52 | Left cingulated gyrus with infiltration of the thalamus | / | No neurological symptoms. The man suddenly collapsed at home | |
7 | M | 75 | Left cerebellar hemisphere with infiltration of adjacent brainstem structures | / | No neurological symptoms. The man was found lying dead in his bed | |
8 | Eberhart C.G. et al. (2001) | M | 39 | left frontal lobe | 5 | No neurological symptoms. The man was found unresponsive on the bathroom |
9 | M | 35 | Right cerebral hemisphere showed a large mass lesion, involving the basal ganglia and internal capsule | 5 | No neurological symptoms. The man was found unresponsive | |
10 | M | 45 | Right frontal lobe | 4 | The man died after his automobile left the road at a high rate of speed and impacted a tree. | |
11 | Matsumoto H. (1993) | M | 20 | Left temporal lobe | / | / |
12 | Present paper | M | 71 | Right medulla and right temporal lobe | 2 | Headache, confusional state and difficulty in walking few hours before the death |
13 | M | 79 | Left temporal lobe | 3 | Confusion, slackening, sleepiness, and tremor of the upper limbs start few days before the death | |
14 | M | 43 | Left frontal lobe | 3,5 | No neurological symptoms. The man was found dead in a slope near the track of the railway. |