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viscus
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viscus /vis·cus/ (vis´kus) pl. vis´cera   [L.] any large interior organ in any of the three great body cavities, especially those in the abdomen.
viscus.
See viscera.

viscus [vis´kus] (L.)
any large interior organ in any of the great body cavities, especially those in the abdomen.

viscus
pl. viscera [L.] any large interior organ in any of the great body cavities, especially those in the abdomen.

hollow viscus
tubular as distinct from solid, e.g. intestine.


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[2,3] The intra-abdominal organs are the predominant sites of extranodal forms,[2,3] but hollow viscus is rarely involved and only 1 case of FDC sarcoma primarily involving the small intestine has been described to date.
 
 
 
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