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Practicing physicians have dismissed the concept of mucoid plaque as a hoax and a "non-credible concept". [4] A pathologist at the University of Texas School of Medicine addressed Anderson's claims directly, saying that he has "seen several thousand intestinal biopsies and have never seen any 'mucoid plaque.' This is a complete fabrication with ...
A bone tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in bone, traditionally classified as noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant). [1] [4] Cancerous bone tumors usually originate from a cancer in another part of the body such as from lung, breast, thyroid, kidney and prostate. [1] There may be a lump, pain, or neurological signs from pressure. [1]
An osteosarcoma (OS) or osteogenic sarcoma (OGS) (or simply bone cancer) is a cancerous tumor in a bone.Specifically, it is an aggressive malignant neoplasm that arises from primitive transformed cells of mesenchymal origin (and thus a sarcoma) and that exhibits osteoblastic differentiation and produces malignant osteoid.
Hematological malignancies are malignant neoplasms ("cancer"), and they are generally treated by specialists in hematology and/or oncology. In some centers "hematology/oncology" is a single subspecialty of internal medicine while in others they are considered separate divisions (there are also surgical and radiation oncologists).
Oral leukoplakia is a gray patch or plaque that develops in the oral cavity and is strongly associated with smoking. [8] Leukoplakia is a firmly attached white patch on a mucous membrane which is associated with increased risk of cancer. [4] [5] The edges of the lesion are typically abrupt and the lesion changes with time.
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Latin os, bone peripheral ossifying fibroma, osseous: ost(e)-, oste(o)-bone Greek ὀστέον (ostéon), bone osteoporosis, osteoarthritis: ot(o)-of or pertaining to the ear: Greek οὖς, ὠτ-(oûs, ōt-), the ear otology-ous: pertaining to Latin -ōsus, full of, prone to porous: ovari(o)-of or pertaining to the ovaries Latin ōvarium ...
Malignant (or cancerous) pleural effusion is effusion where cancer cells are present. [11] It is usually classified as exudate. Types of exudates: serous, serosanguineous, sanguineous, hemorrhaging and purulent drainage. Serous: Clear straw colored liquid that drains from the wound. This is a normal part of the healing process.