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  2. Benign tumor - Wikipedia

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    However, a benign tumour is not benign in the usual sense; the name merely specifies that it is not "malignant", i.e. cancerous. While benign tumours usually do not pose a serious health risk, they can be harmful or fatal. [2] Many types of benign tumors have the potential to become cancerous through a process known as tumor progression. For ...

  3. What is a colloid cyst? Different tumours explained after ...

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    Pre-cancerous, or pre-malignant tumours, are not cancerous but can develop to be so and therefore it is important for doctors to monitor these tumours closely. Several kinds of benign tumour can ...

  4. Precancerous condition - Wikipedia

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    Pathologically, precancerous tissue can range from benign neoplasias, which are tumors which don't invade neighboring normal tissues or spread to distant organs, to dysplasia, [1] a collection of highly abnormal cells which, in some cases, has an increased risk of progressing to anaplasia and invasive cancer which is life-threatening.

  5. Kidney tumour - Wikipedia

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    Unspecific cortical lesion on CT scan is confirmed cystic and benign with contrast-enhanced renal ultrasonography. A CT scan is the first choice modality for workup of solid masses in the kidneys. Nevertheless, hemorrhagic cysts can resemble renal cell carcinomas on CT, but they are easily distinguished with Doppler ultrasonography (Doppler US ...

  6. Pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm - Wikipedia

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    Amongst individuals undergoing surgical resection of a pancreatic cyst, about 23 percent were mucinous cystic neoplasms. These lesions are benign, though there is a high rate of progression to cancer. As such, surgery should be pursued when feasible. The rate of malignancy present in MCN is about 10 percent. [1]

  7. Trichilemmal cyst - Wikipedia

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    Rarely, these cysts may grow more extensively and form rapidly multiplying trichilemmal tumors, also called proliferating trichilemmal cysts, which are benign, but may grow aggressively at the cyst site. [4] Very rarely, trichilemmal cysts can become cancerous. [5]

  8. Women who had ovarian cysts share their stories: 'I was ... - AOL

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    There are four types of ovarian cysts — functional cysts, PCOS cysts, benign ovarian tumor and malignant ovarian tumor — that range from harmless to fatal.

  9. Pancreatic cyst - Wikipedia

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    A pancreatic cyst is a fluid filled sac within the pancreas. The prevalence of pancreatic cysts is 2-15% based on imaging studies, but the prevalence may be as high as 50% based on autopsy series. [1] Most pancreatic cysts are benign and the risk of malignancy (pancreatic cancer) is 0.5-1.5%.