| telangiectatic | Relating to or marked by telangiectasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| telangiectatic angioma | <tumour> Angioma composed of dilated vessels. Angioma venosum racemosum, tortuous swelling caused by varicosities of superficial veins. Venous angioma, vascular anomaly composed of anomalous veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangiectatic cancer | A cancer with numerous dilated capillaries and "lakes" of blood within relatively large endothelium-lined channels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangiectatic fibroma | <tumour> A benign neoplasm of fibrous tissue in which there are numerous, small and large, frequently dilated, vascular channels. Synonym: angiofibroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangiectatic glioma | <tumour> Glioma telangiectodes, a glioma in which the stroma has numerous, conspicuous, frequently dilated small blood vessels and capillaries, as well as large, endothelium-rimmed lakes of blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangiectatic lipoma | A benign neoplasm composed of a mixture of adipose tissue and blood vessels. (12 Dec 1998) |
| telangiectatic osteogenic sarcoma | <tumour> A lytic cystic variant of osteogenic sarcoma composed of aneurysmal blood-filled spaces lined by sarcoma cells producing osteoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangiectatic wart | A discrete, pink to red telangiectasia having a tendency to undergo secondary epithelial changes, including acanthosis and hyperkeratosis. An underlying vascular abnormality is present in many cases. The term angiokeratoma is applied to a number of quite distinct conditions which share a common clinical presentation with asymptomatic hyperkeratotic vascular skin lesions and a histological combination of superficial dermal vascular ectasia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| actinic granuloma | An annular eruption on sun-exposed skin which microscopically shows phagocytosis of dermal elastic fibres by giant cells and histiocytes. Synonym: Miescher's granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amoebic granuloma | A nodular, tumour-like focus of proliferative inflammation sometimes developing in chronic amoebiasis, especially in the wall of the colon. Synonym: amoebic granuloma. Origin: amoeba + G. -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| apical granuloma | Chronic nonsuppurative inflammation of periapical tissue resulting from irritation following pulp disease or endodontic treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| beryllium granuloma | A sarcoid-like granulomatous reaction to exposure to inhaled beryllium, or skin cuts by fluorescent lamps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bilharzial granuloma | A granulomatous lesion formed around schistosome eggs embedded in tissues in cases of schistosomiasis (bilharziasis); typically these granulomata are found in intestinal tissues (Schistosoma japonicum or S. Mansoni infection), bladder tissue (S. Haematobium), and hepatic tissue (all human schistosomes). Synonym: bilharzial granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine venereal granuloma | A rapidly growing, soft, easily bleeding, infectious, connective tissue tumour occurring in the vagina of the female dog and on the penis and sheath of the male; ordinarily transmitted by coitus. Synonym: transmissible venereal tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant granuloma | Destruction of the nasal septum, hard palate, lateral nasal walls, paranasal sinuses, skin of the face, orbit and nasopharynx by an inflammatory infiltrate with atypical lymphocytic and histiocytic cells; presumably a form of lymphoma in most cases. An obsolete term for polymorphic reticulosis. Synonym: granuloma gangrenescens, malignant granuloma, midline malignant reticulosis granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |