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.
mesenchymoma
mesenchymoma
mes·en·chy·mo·ma (m z  n-k -m  m, -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
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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