Thrombolysis and embolectomy in treatment of acute stroke as a bridge to open-heart resection of giant cardiac myxoma: A case report

Figure 3 Appearance and microscopic display of the myxoma. A: Gross pathology. The excised myxoma measured 6.5 cm × 6.0 cm × 5.0 cm. On macroscopic examination, the excised tumor was reddish brown jelly-like with an irregular surface and mucus; B: Histological examination of the surgically removed cardiac mass showing [hematoxylin-eosin staining (HE), scale bar: × 200] mucinous tumor cells that were scattered, shuttle-shaped or stellate, with medium amounts of cytoplasm, eosinophilic, oval nuclei, and no nuclear divisions seen in the mucinous-like matrix (HE, magnification 10 × 40).