Chronic hydrocephalus and alcohol abuse in a young male suicide.
The paper describes a case of suicide in a young man affected by compensated chronic hydrocephalus who was subject to alcohol abuse. The case was studied by means of a complex set of analyses, including circumstantial and clinical data, anatomohistopathological findings, and chemicotoxicologic tests. What clearly emerges in the case is the importance of a continuing neuropsychological follow-up in patients with shunted hydrocephalus. The forensic interest in the case is due to the peculiar autopsy findings discussed in relation to the possible causes of sudden death in subjects with hydrocephalus.
Montisci
Massimo
M
Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Section of Legal Medicine and Forensic Pathology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Terranova
Claudio
C
Snenghi
Rossella
R
Ferrara
Santo Davide
SD
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide