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Descriptor English: Myxoma
Descriptor Spanish: Mixoma
Descriptor mixoma
Entry term(s) angiomixoma
Scope note: Neoplasia benigna derivada del tejido conjuntivo, que consiste principalmente en células poliédricas y estrelladas enclavadas laxamente en una matriz blanda mucoide, por lo que parecen tejido mesenquimatoso primitivo. Se presenta con frecuencia dentro de los músculos, lo que a veces lleva a confundirlo con un sarcoma. También afecta al maxilar y a la piel. (Stedman, 25th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Mixoma
Descriptor French: Myxome
Entry term(s): Angiomyxoma
Angiomyxomas
Myxomas
Tree number(s): C04.557.450.565.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009232
Scope note: A benign neoplasm derived from connective tissue, consisting chiefly of polyhedral and stellate cells that are loosely embedded in a soft mucoid matrix, thereby resembling primitive mesenchymal tissue. It occurs frequently intramuscularly where it may be mistaken for a sarcoma. It appears also in the jaws and the skin. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Annotation: coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
BS blood supply
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 9425
Unique ID: D009232
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/05/23
Myxoma - Preferred
Concept UI M0014383
Scope note A benign neoplasm derived from connective tissue, consisting chiefly of polyhedral and stellate cells that are loosely embedded in a soft mucoid matrix, thereby resembling primitive mesenchymal tissue. It occurs frequently intramuscularly where it may be mistaken for a sarcoma. It appears also in the jaws and the skin. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Preferred term Myxoma
Entry term(s) Myxomas
Angiomyxoma - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000756173
Preferred term Angiomyxoma
Entry term(s) Angiomyxomas



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