angioma
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angiomas,
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angiomata
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When Heather was in her early 20s, she was diagnosed with a cluster of abnormal blood vessels in her brain - a cavernous angioma.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023
Towards adult life the spaces in a subcutaneous nævus may become greatly enlarged, leading to the formation of a cavernous angioma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Innocent tumours, such as the fibroma, lipoma, angioma, and neuro-fibroma, are rare.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Radium offers the best results in this latter form of angioma, applied either internally or to the neck.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
While the most common situation is in the subcutaneous tissue, a cavernous angioma is sometimes met with in internal organs.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Because cherry angiomas are small collections of blood vessels, you shouldn’t try to remove them yourself.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2022
Cavernous angiomas are seen in cattle, affecting the liver and the mucous membrane of the nasal septum.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Tumours of blood vessels may be divided, according to the nature of the vessels of which they are composed, into the capillary, the venous, and the arterial angiomas.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
They are sometimes derived from innocent angiomas, and they may be so vascular as to pulsate and on auscultation yield a blowing murmur like an aneurysm.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The angiomas are tumors composed mainly of blood vessels or blood spaces and are observed on the skin of man, where they are called "birthmarks" or "mother marks."
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Into what two classes may angiomata be roughly grouped?
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
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