fibroma

[fī′brō·mə]

(medicine)

A benign tumor composed primarily of fibrous connective tissue. Also known as fibroid tumor.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Fibroma

a mature benign tumor of connective tissue, which can occur in any part of the body. Fibromas may be diffuse or encapsulated, depending on the nature of their growth. Fibroblasts are the source of fibromas, hence their other name, fibroblastomas. The symptoms and the course of a fibroma depend on the site and the rate of growth. Malignant degeneration sometimes occurs. Fibromas are treated surgically.

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Of course, their frequency is entirely dependent upon the criteria used for the diagnosis and, in my opinion, if the thecoma diagnosis is to have any consistent application it should be diagnosed by using strict criteria, and focal somewhat plump cells in what is essentially a fibroma should not lead to a thecoma diagnosis.

Reflections on a 40-Year Experience With a Fascinating Group of Tumors, Including Comments on the Seminal Observations of Robert E. Scully, MD

Nonossifying Fibroma: Nonossifying fibroma commonly involves metaphysis of long bones and consists of 40% in distal femur, 40% in tibia with 10% in fibula.27 It is usually found in children as incidental finding between 02-20 years of age.

Benign tumours and tumour like lesions of bone

Intramural ventricular cardiac fibroma. Successful removal in two cases and review of literature.

CARDIAC FIBROMA, A RARE PRIMARY TUMOUR--A CASE REPORT

Fibroma or leiomyoma develops as a firm nodule in labia majora, perineal or introitus areas.

Hidradenoma papilliferum on labia majora mimicking Bartholin's duct cyst: A case report

Often the radiographic appearance of the lesion can provide a diagnosis and no further imaging will be required in cases such as non-ossifying fibromas, enchondromas, and some osteochondromas (Figs.

Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Bone Lesions

There is little information about the combination of desmoplastic fibroma and tuberous sclerosis; this combination is uncommon [8, 10, 11].

Desmoplastic Fibroma Recurrence Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis in a Young Patient

Video 1: arthroscopic view of an intra-articular fibroma of tendon sheath seen from an anterolateral viewing portal in a right hip.

Hip Arthroscopic Resection of an Intra-Articular Fibroma of the Tendon Sheath

Rhabdomyomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors (50%), followed by fibromas (25%) and myxomas (9-15%) which, despite being the most common adult cardiac tumor, are rare among children [1].

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea Secondary to Right Ventricular Myxoma: A Novel Presentation of an Unusual Tumor

Aggarwal, "Orthotopic heart transplant: A therapeutic option for unresectable cardiac fibroma in infants," Congenital Heart Disease, vol.

Recurrent Cardiac Myxoma Treated by Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: A Case Report and Literature Review of Heart Transplantation for Primary Cardiac Tumor

The specimen was microscopically diagnosed as a benign fibro-osseous lesion that in correlation with radiographic imaging favored a diagnosis of ossifying fibroma.

Virtual Surgical Planning and Piezoelectric Surgery in Tumor Extirpative Surgery Aimed at Inferior Alveolar Nerve Preservation

(4) The differential diagnoses of POT includes ameloblastic fibroma and odontogenic fibroma/myxoma.

Primordial Odontogenic Tumor of Mandible; A Case with Proposed Diagnostic Criteria

Based on the horse's medical history, physical evaluation, and radiographic findings, the tentative diagnosis was a benign mandibular neoplasia as an ossifying fibroma, while osteoma and fibrous dysplasia were considered as the differential diagnoses.

Postoperative care and long-term follow-up after a rostral mandibulectomy to treat an ossifying fibroma in a horse/Cuidados pos-operatorios e acompanhamento a longo prazo apos mandibulectomia rostral no tratamento de fibroma ossificante em um equino