在美国,心脏猝死是一种每年影响200,000多人的现象。在心脏猝死中,只有一小部分被认为可归因于心内肿瘤。虽然很少被认为是死亡的主要原因,心脏黏液瘤是最常见的心脏良性肿瘤,已知可由多因素栓塞事件导致死亡。致命的心律失常,和坦率的阻塞事件。在这种情况下,一个健康的,无症状的年轻男性在其住所中被发现无反应。尸检时心脏检查显示右心房扩张,出血性,不规则,阻碍了右心房产生的肿块,与心脏粘液瘤一致.当尸检时发现不寻常的心脏发现时,对心脏的系统调查,包括保留器官进行心脏病理学咨询,必须正确确定死因。
Sudden cardiac death is a phenomenon that affects more than 200,000 individuals annually in the United States. Among sudden cardiac deaths, only a fractionally small portion is thought to be attributable to intracardiac neoplasms. Though rarely implicated as the primary cause of death, cardiac myxomas are the most common benign neoplasms of the heart and have been known to cause death due to multifactorial embolic events, fatal arrhythmias, and frank obstructive events. In this case, a healthy, asymptomatic young male was found unresponsive in his residence. Examination of the heart at autopsy revealed dilation of the right atrium and a large, hemorrhagic, irregular, and obstructing mass arising from the right atrium, consistent with cardiac myxoma. When unusual cardiac findings are discovered at autopsy, a systematic investigation of the heart, including retaining the organ for cardiac pathology consultation, is mandatory to correctly identify the cause of death.