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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Leiomyoma
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Leiomioma
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Leiomioma
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Synonyms English:
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Fibroid Tumor
Fibroid Uterus
Fibroids, Uterine
Fibroma, Uterine
Fibromyoma
Fibroid
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Tree Number:
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C04.557.450.590.450
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Definition English:
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A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the UTERUS and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT but can occur in the SKIN and SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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solitary; multiple = LEIOMYOMATOSIS; coord IM with precoord organ/neopl term (IM); for X refs FIBROID UTERUS; FIBROIDS, UTERINE & FIBROMA, UTERINE: coord with UTERINE NEOPLASMS (IM)
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History Note English:
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FIBROIDS, UTERINE was see UTERINE NEOPLASMS 1991-93
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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8069
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Unique Identifier:
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D007889
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