fibroma
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Fitzpatrick eventually ended up at Childrens hospital, where he learned he had a non-ossifying fibroma.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2010
Fitzpatrick learned he had a non-ossifying fibroma, a void in the bone of his upper right arm, when he suffered a fracture trying to deliver a pitch as a 12-year-old.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2010
A fibroma upon the larynx is not an infrequent occurrence in the ox.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
A soft pedunculated fibroma, about the size of a pea, is commonly met with, especially on the neck and trunk; it is usually solitary, and is easily removed with scissors.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The cut surface of the soft fibroma presents a pinkish-white, fleshy appearance, resembling the slowly growing forms of sarcoma; that of a hard fibroma presents a dry, glistening appearance, aptly compared to watered silk.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Hydatid cysts and fibromas are also met with in this situation, and they too may be multiple.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
When fibromas develop from the lining or covering tissues they frequently form papillary growths, more or less thickly covered with epithelium, and are then called papillomas, or warts.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Polyps are usually fibromas or myxomas, occurring on the mucous membrane of the nasal passages or genital tract.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Mucous cysts, dermoids, adenomas, lipomas, and fibromas are occasionally met with.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Hard fibromas occurring singly or in groups may be met with, especially in the skin of the buttock, and may present a local malignancy, recurring after removal like the “recurrent fibroid” of Paget.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Those chiefly met with are dermoids, fibromata, sarcomata and epitheliomata.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
Terrier describes double ovariotomy for fibromata in a woman of seventy-seven.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
These primary growths include primary papillomata and fibromata as the most frequent, aberrant thyroid, lipomata, adenomata, granulomata and amyloid tumors.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
Keloids are fibromata of the true skin, which may develop spontaneously or in a scar.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Figure 237 represents a case of multiple fibromata of the skin shown by Octerlony.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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