title: Sudden death in a patient with Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Sudden death caused by tumors is uncommon. Death attributable to an unsuspected primary intracranial neoplasm is especially rare. An undiagnosed brain tumor is particularly unusual in a patient with Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis (NF). A young man with known NF, with no manifest central nervous system involvement, died less than 24 hours after plastic surgery. A glioblastoma multiforme was discovered at autopsy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic