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fibrous histiocytoma

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fibrous histiocytoma.
fibrous
composed of or containing fibers.

fibrous bone
cardiac fibrous skeleton
includes a ring around each of the atrioventricular valves and each of the great arteries leaving the heart; between the rings are the right and left fibrous trigones.
fibrous dysplasia
localized overgrowth of fibrous tissue in bone.
fibrous feeds
feeds high in fiber, cellulose and lignin.
fibrous growth plates
growth plates composed of fibrocartilage such as that for the tibial tubercle.
fibrous histiocytoma
see malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
fibrous hyperplasia
indistinguishable clinically from fibromatous epulis.
fibrous joint
1. a joint whose bony elements are united with fibrous tissue. See suture (1), syndesmosis.
2. stiffness in a joint due to fibrous tissue reaction in the joint capsule and other supporting structures.
fibrous osteodystrophy
fibrous rings
bands of fibrous tissue surrounding the semilunar valves of the aorta and pulmonary artery and the atrioventricular valves.
fibrous tissue
the common connective tissue of the body, composed of yellow or white parallel elastic and collagen fibers.


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Histologically, a schwannoma must be differentiated from a neurofibroma, myxoma, fibrosarcoma, and fibrous histiocytoma.
To the Editor: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a well-defined and common malignant mesenchymal tumor of soft tissue occurring in late adult life.
Surgical Tumor types Thorotrast DU Ta control Benign tumors Benign fibrous histiocytoma 0 1 0 0 Fibroma 0 1 (a) 0 0 Granular cell myoblastoma 1 0 0 0 Malignant tumors Malignant fibrous histiocytoma 13 7 (a) 2 0 Fibrosarcoma 10 2 0 0 Osteosarcoma 1 2 0 0 (a) One rat had two tumors associated with separate implants.
 
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