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An unusual cause of sudden death: Cardiac myxoma

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Primary tumors of the heart are rare; the most common cardiac tumor is atrial myxoma. Sudden death may occur in patients with atrial myxoma, tumor embolization, or obstruction of blood flow at the mitral or tricuspid valve. This report describes an unusual cause of sudden death and the autopsy findings for a 73-year-old man with left atrial myxoma.

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Uludag University Medical Faculty, Görükle, 16059, Bursa, Turkey

    Bülent Eren MD (Pathologist, Forensic Medicine Researcher) & R. Fedakar MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist, Associate Professor)

  2. Bursa Morgue Department, Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey, Bursa, Turkey

    R. Fedakar MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist, Associate Professor)

  3. Department of Pathology Kayisdagi, Yeditepe University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

    N. Çomunoglu MD (Pathologist, Assistant Professor)

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Türkmen, N., Eren, B., Fedakar, R. et al. An unusual cause of sudden death: Cardiac myxoma. Adv Therapy 24, 529–532 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02848775

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