Cerebral Lesions - The Cause of Sudden Death

Although most of the times dead bodies brought for autopsy by the police to Forensic Medicine department are the cases of un natural deaths but the incidence of cases of natural deaths brought for medico legal autopsy due to suspicion and sudden nature of death are also increasing. In a thorough autopsy, findings observed with naked eye along with history, if available; may some times be very important in finding the cause of death. Although majority of tumours involving Central Nervous System are diagnosed clinically within time, yet occasions may be there where primary or secondary involvement of the system may become evident after an apparently sudden death.