Abstract
An uncommon histologic variant of cardiac myxoma masquerading as a mural thrombus is described. The association of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with cardiac myxoma may be coincidental and further studies of renal pathology in cases of cardiac myxoma are indicated.
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