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Myxoma

Medical Definition:	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)
Guide Notes:	/blood supply /chem /secret /ultrastruct permitted; coord IM with precoord organ/neopl term (IM)

Myxoma Categories.

Neurothekeoma - A benign myxoma of cutaneous nerve sheath origin. Theke is from the Greek theke, sheath. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

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