DIAZ-RUIZ, S.; SALGUERO, M.    JIMENEZ-MARTIN, J.. Sudden death due to metastasis of melanoma in right atrium: Review of cardiac tumours. []. , 17, 1, pp.13-20. ISSN 1988-611X.

Cardiac tumors are rare clinical entity, however, they have an especial interest in forensic medicine because they can be the source of sudden death. We report a case of a 38-years old male who had been diagnosed with primary choroidal melanoma some years before his sudden death. Forensic autopsy and histopathologic examination revealed pulmonary embolism due to a melanoma metastasis in the right atrium. In addition, in this article we conduct a general review of cardiac tumors.

: Cardiac tumors; Sudden death; Melanoma metastasis.

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