40 Terms
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Diseases
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
Health care; Diseases
A tumor of both low- and high-grade malignancy. The low-grade grow slowly, appear in any age group, and are readily cured by excision. The high-grade behave aggressively, widely infiltrate the ...
epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
Health care; Diseases
A tumor of medium-to-large veins, composed of plump-to-spindled endothelial cells that bulge into vascular spaces in a tombstone-like fashion. These tumors are thought to have "borderline" ...
brenner tumor
Health care; Diseases
A tumor of the ovary whose structure consists of groups of epithelial cells lying in a fibrous connective tissue stroma. Brenner tumors are uncommon, representing less than 1% of all ovarian ...
large cell carcinoma
Health care; Diseases
A tumor of undifferentiated (anaplastic) cells of large size. It is usually bronchogenic.
vipoma
Health care; Diseases
A tumor that secretes vasoactive intestinal peptide, a neuropeptide that causes vasodilation; relaxation of smooth muscles; watery diarrhea; hypokalemia; and hypochlorhydria. Vipomas, derived from ...
mullerian mixed tumor
Health care; Diseases
A tumor, basically a carcinoma with a single sarcoma such as leiomyosarcoma or angiosarcoma or multiple sarcomas of uterine origin. The role of estrogen has been postulated as a possible etiological ...
