Muerte súbita por metástasis de melanoma en aurícula derecha: Revisión de los tumores cardiacos

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.