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Sudden death from an asymptomatic sphenoid ridge meningioma

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Der Verfasser berichtet über den seltenen Fall eines 40-jährigen symptomfreien Nigerianers, dessen plötzlicher Tod durch emotionalen Streß verursacht wurde. Der Obduktionsbefund ergab ein blutendes Meningiom im mittleren Drittel der Crista Sphenoidalis.

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Ohaegbulam, S.C. Sudden death from an asymptomatic sphenoid ridge meningioma. J. Neurol. 215, 291–294 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00312500

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