title: [Malignant diseases in cause-of-death autopsies in forensic medicine].
abstract: The forensic examinations to determine cause of death allow study of the natural development of untreated diseases. In this study we retrospectively analysed malignant and/or intracranial tumours in a consecutive series of 7020 autopsies in northern Sweden. We found cancer in 171 cases in all, where sudden death was caused by previously undiscovered tumours in 41.
authors.affiliation: Institutionen för rättsmedicin, Umeå Universitet.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gezelius
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013548:Sweden
vernacular_title: Maligna sjukdomar vid rättsmedicinska dödsorsaksundersökningar.