ABSTRACT

The primary tumors of the heart are quite rare and, it’s fre-quency in the autopsy series is reported between 0,0017-0,28 %. Among the entire age groups, myxomas are seen to form half percent of these tumors. Despite the cardiac myxomas are his-tologically benign, they are classified among the fatal tumors, causing tendency to cardiac obstruction and embolism.

In this study, by examining the history and autopsy findings of a 9 year old sudden death case of which left atrial myxoma is detected in the autopsy; it is aimed to point to cardiac myxo-mas which can be seen as the cause of sudden death especially in the early ages in the legal autopsies

Keywords: Cardiac myxoma, sudden cardiac death, autopsy