luteoma /lu·te·o·ma/ (loo″te-o´mah)
luteoma
luteoma
1. a luteinized granulosa-theca cell tumor.
2. nodular hyperplasia of ovarian lutein cells sometimes occurring in the last trimester of pregnancy.
lu·te·o·ma (l  t -  m )n. pl. lu·te·o·mas or lu·te·o·ma·ta (-m -t) An ovarian tumor of granulosa- or theca-cell origin in which luteinization has occurred. |
luteoma
[lo̅o̅′tē·ō′mə] pl, luteomas, luteomata
Etymology: L, luteus + Gk, oma, tumor
1 a granulosa or theca cell tumor whose cells resemble those of the corpus luteum.
2 also called pregnancy luteoma. a unilateral or bilateral nodular hyperplasia of ovarian lutein cells, occasionally developing during the last trimester of pregnancy.
luteoma
1. a luteinized granulosa-theca cell tumor.
2. nodular hyperplasia of ovarian lutein cells, sometimes occurring in the last trimester of pregnancy.
luteoma
Gynecology A non-neoplastic yellow-gray mass seen in pregnancy which measures up to 20 cm in diameter; luteteomas represent hyperplasia of luteinized cells, and involute spontaneously postpartum
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