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Results: Epilepsy and intracranial hemorrhage have been found to be the two main causes of sudden and unexplained deaths in adults due to intracranial pathologies. Intracranial neoplasms are not among the two main causes of SD, as they are usually discovered before fatality, so their rate of SD is not so extensive.
Sudden death owing to non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage. Sudden death may occur as a result of rapid bleeding into any one or more of the intracranial compartments—extradural, subdural, subarachnoid, or intraventricular spaces—or into brain substance. The causes vary depending upon age and anatomical location of the haemorrhage.
- M Black, D I Graham
- 2002
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Jul 9, 2021 · 2. Causes of Sudden Death. The most prevalent cause of death in the case of SD is related to cardiovascular diseases; nevertheless, when a subject suddenly dies, and the pathologist after the post-mortem examination is not able to identify abnormalities of the cardiac anatomy, a variety of conduction abnormalities without morphological evidence visible at autopsy may be suspected.
- Francesco Sessa, Massimiliano Esposito, Giovanni Messina, Giulio Di Mizio, Nunzio Di Nunno, Monica S...
- 10.3390/healthcare9070870
- 2021
- Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jul; 9(7): 870.
S06.9X8A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Unsp intcrn inj w LOC w death d/t oth cause bf consc, init. The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM S06.9X8A became effective on October 1, 2023.
Feb 13, 2023 · Results: Epilepsy and intracranial hemorrhage have been found to be the two main causes of sudden and unexplained deaths in adults due to intracranial pathologies. Intracranial neoplasms are...
Sudden unexplained deaths as a result of intracranial lesions in adults are an important component of medicolegal practice and are best examined as a combined effort by a forensic pathologist, or a histopathologist experienced in coroner's necropsies, and a neuropathologist.
Classification |. Pathophysiology |. Symptoms and Signs |. Diagnosis |. Treatment |. Cranial Radiation Therapy and Neurotoxicity. Intracranial tumors may involve the brain or other structures (eg, cranial nerves, meninges).
