Table 1 Cases of sudden death due to glioblastoma multiforme published in the current literature

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.