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scirrhous carcinoma
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scirrhous carcinoma [′sir·əs ‚kärs·ən′ō·mə]
(medicine)
A hard, poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in which the anaplastic cells are surrounded by dense bundles of collagenous fibers.


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An advanced tumor at the cardia may be manifested on barium studies by a polypoid or ulcerated mass in this region or by an infiltrating or scirrhous lesion encasing the gastric fundus (Figure 5B).
These 4 specimens were extremely fibrotic (eg, scirrhous breast carcinomas), exhibited marked necrosis, or were small lesions that were difficult to scrape.
 
 
 
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