[Sudden death in cerebral hemiatrophy].
Hemiatrophia cerebri is a rare disease, and the etiology and pathogenesis remain unclear in most cases. In the present case, the marked hemiatrophy of the brain in a 19-year-old patient who died suddenly is attributed to encephalitis during early childhood and subsequent prolonged seizures.
D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000473:pathology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis
Plötzlicher Tod bei Hemiatrophia cerebri.