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HAMARTOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hamartoma" is a kind of...):
growth ((pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor))
Context examples:
Representative examples include lung adenoma, lung hamartoma, and endobronchial lipoma.
(Benign Lung Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by macrocephaly and the presence of hamartomas.
(Bannayan Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include pleural adenomatoid tumor, chest wall lipoma, mediastinal neurofibroma, and lung hamartoma.
(Benign Thoracic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include lung hamartoma, lung papilloma, and tracheal leiomyoma.
(Benign Respiratory Tract Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by a spectrum of abnormalities which include polydactyly, cutaneous syndactyly, bifid epiglottis, hypothalamic hamartoma, and laryngotracheal cleft.
(Pallister-Hall Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of pilosebaceous hamartoma characterized by the development of a linear, flesh colored, fine papular eruption on the head, neck and upper chest after puberty.
(Moniliform Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A large brown, blue, or gray hamartoma of dermal melanocytes, usually on the shoulder and upper arm that is most commonly found in Asian populations and in females.
(Nevus of Ito, NCI Thesaurus)
A hamartoma characterized by localized apocrine sweat gland malformation.
(Apocrine Sweat Gland Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A breast hamartoma characterized by the presence of brown fat that contains entrapped glands.
(Breast Adenohibernoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A hamartoma characterized by localized eccrine sweat gland malformation.
(Eccrine Sweat Gland Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)
