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adenoma
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adenoma: see neoplasm neoplasm or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death.
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adenoma [‚ad·ən′ō·mə]
(medicine)
A benign tumor of glandular origin and structure.
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4,5) Before its characterization as a separate diagnostic entity in 1983, PLGA was classified as a variant of pleomorphic adenoma, a variant of monomorphic adenoma, an adenoid cystic carcinoma, a malignant mixed tumor, and an adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified.
Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of the parotid gland by Hessler, Richard B. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Sixteen pathologists (6%) submitted a false neoplastic diagnosis (adenoid cystic carcinoma, 1; squamous cell carcinoma, 2; acinic cell carcinoma, 4; Warthin tumor, 1; monomorphic adenoma, 3; benign neoplasm NOS, 5).
Misinterpretation of normal cellular elements in fine-needle ... by Young, Nancy A.; Mody, Dina R.; Davey, Diane D. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
In this article, we describe an unusual case of a schwannoma that arose from the peripheral facial nerve and that was associated with a monomorphic adenoma of the parotid.
Coexisting facial nerve schwannoma and monomorphic adenoma of the ... by Chia, Stanley / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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