| BCF | basophil chemotactic factor; bioconcentration factor; breast cyst fluid |
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| BPF | bradykinin-potentiating factor; bronchopulmonary fistula; burst-promoting factor |
| BSF | back scatter factor; B-cell stimulatory factor; busulfan |
| CCF | cancer coagulation factor; cardiolipin complement fixation; carotid-cavernous fistula; centrifuged c... |
| CMF | calcium-magnesium free; catabolite modular factor; chondromyxoid fibroma; Christian Medical Fellowsh... |
| klatskin's tumour | Adenocarcinoma of the common hepatic duct bifurcation. These tumours are generally small, sharply localised, and seldom metastasizing. G. Klatskin's original review of 13 cases was published in 1965. Once thought to be relatively uncommon, tumours of the bifurcation of the bile duct now appear to comprise more than one-half of all bile duct cancers. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| klatskin tumour | <radiology> Tumour at junction of right and left intrahepatic bile ducts, slower growth than usual cholangiocarcinoma, late to metastasize (12 Dec 1998) |
| Koenen's tumour | Multiple smooth firm nodules formed at the nail folds, often over 10 mm in length, which appear at or after puberty in some patients with tuberous sclerosis. Synonym: Koenen's tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krukenberg's tumour | A metastatic carcinoma of the ovary, usually bilateral and secondary to a mucous carcinoma of the stomach, which contains signet-ring cells filled with mucus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| krukenberg tumour | <radiology> Ovarian metastasis of stomach carcinoma, also: colon, breast, other mucin-gland organs, 6% of malignant ovarian tumours (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibroid tumour | Old term for certain fibromas and leiomyomas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Landschutz tumour | A transplantable, possibly isoantigenic, highly virulent neoplasm which can be grown in any strain of mice; the host is killed in a few days by what is apparently an anaplastic carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leydig cell tumour | The most common nongerminal tumour of the testis, derived from the leydig cells. It is rarely malignant. This tumour appears among 1-3% of testicular tumours and although they may be seen in children, the median age of appearance is 60 years. They are sometimes seen in women as ovarian tumours. Clinically, symptoms are usually related to the endocrine abnormalities induced by this tumour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Lindau's tumour | <oncology, tumour> A haemangioma, or type of tumour composed of blood vessel or angioblast cells, which occurs in the brain. (09 Oct 1997) |
| low malignant potential tumour | A neoplasm of the ovary, usually arising in young women, composed of complex epithelial hyperplasia without stromas invasion; may recur if incompletely removed surgically, but is clinically less aggressive than carcinoma. Synonym: low malignant potential tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphocytes, tumour-infiltrating | Lymphocytes that show specificity for autologous tumour cells. Ex vivo isolation and culturing of til with interleukin-2, followed by reinfusion into the patient, is one form of adoptive immunotherapy of cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accelerator factor | <chemical> Heat- and storage-labile plasma glycoprotein which accelerates the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in blood coagulation. Factor v accomplishes this by forming a complex with factor xa, phospholipid, and calcium (prothrombinase complex). Deficiency of factor v leads to owren's disease. Chemical name: Blood-coagulation factor V (12 Dec 1998) |
| acetate replacement factor | <biochemistry> 1,2 dithiolane 3 valeric acid. Regarded as a coenzyme in the oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex of the citric acid cycle. Involved generally in oxidative decarboxylations of _ keto acids. A growth factor for some organisms. (18 Nov 1997) |
| adrenal weight factor | A postulated substance of adenohypophysial origin responsible for maintenance of the weight of the adrenal cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adrenocorticotropic releasing factor | Hormone produced by hypothalamus that causes pituitary to secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone. (05 Mar 2000) |