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mesenchymoma

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mesenchymoma /mes·en·chy·mo·ma/ (mez″en-ki-mo´mah) a mixed mesenchymal tumor composed of two or more cellular elements not commonly associated, exclusive of fibrous tissue.
mes·en·chy·mo·ma (mzn-k-mm, -k-)
n. pl. mes·en·chy·mo·mas or mes·en·chy·mo·ma·ta (-m-t)
A neoplasm containing a mixture of cells resembling those of the mesenchyme and its derivatives other than fibrous tissue.

mesenchymoma
[mes′engkimō′mə]
Etymology: Gk, mesos + enchyma, infusion, oma, tumor
a mixed mesenchymal neoplasm composed of two or more cellular elements that are not usually associated and fibrous tissue. See also benign mesenchymoma, malignant mesenchymoma.

mesenchymoma [mes″eng-ki-mo´mah]
a mixed mesenchymal tumor composed of two or more cellular elements that are not commonly associated, exclusive of fibrous tissue.

mesenchymoma
a mixed mesenchymal tumor composed of two or more cellular elements that are not commonly associated, exclusive of fibrous tissue.

mesenchymoma
A tumor that contain 2 or more mesenchymal elements in addition to fibroblasts; the term has specific significance in each affected organ Cartilage Vascular hamartoma, cartilaginous hamartoma A benign chest wall tumor of infancy Liver Hepatic mesenchymoma is a large, aggressive embryonal or 'primitive' sarcoma of the pediatric liver with a median survival of < 1 yr, characterized by necrosis, hemorrhage, cystic degeneration, atypical fibroblasts, and exuberant mitotic activity, entrapping hyperplastic bile duct-like structures Muscle Ecto-mesenchymoma An embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma with ganglionic differentiation. See Triton tumor.


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