Two medicolegal autopsy cases of multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor revealed by postmortem MRI

• Published in: Legal Medicine Vol. 69; p. 102342
• Main Authors: Makino, Yohsuke, Kojima, Masatoshi, Inokuchi, Go, Motomura, Ayumi, Arai, Nobutaka, Inoue, Hiroyuki, Kabasawa, Hiroyuki, Iwase, Hirotaro, Yajima, Daisuke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.07.2024; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Epilepsy; Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor; PMCT; PMMR; Seizure; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; Seizure; PMCT; Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor; Epilepsy; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; PMMR

•Two medicolegal cases with the MVNT are shown.•The MVNT is epileptogenic and can cause sudden death.•MVNTs are difficult to detect by conventional autopsy.•Pre- or post-autopsy MRI is useful not to miss the MVNT. The multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor (MVNT) is a recently recognized brain...