| MPM | malignant papillary mesothelioma; medial pterygoid muscle; minor psychiatric morbidity; multiple pri... |
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| OPSA | ovarian papillary serous adenocarcinoma |
| PACT | papillary carcinoma of thyroid; precordial acceleration tracing; prepaid accountable care term |
| PCD | pacer-cardioverter-defibrillator; papillary collecting duct; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration;... |
| PM | after death (Lat. post mortem); after noon [Lat. post meridiem]; mean pressure; pacemaker; pantomogr... |
| apocrine adenoma | <tumour> A solitary benign tumour occurring in women usually in the labia majora, cystic and papillary, and composed of epithelium resembling that of apocrine glands. Synonym: apocrine adenoma, hidradenoma papilliferum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| basal cell adenoma | <tumour> A benign tumour of major or minor salivary glands or other organs composed of small cells showing peripheral palisading. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basophil adenoma | <tumour> A tumour of the adenohypophysis in which the cell cytoplasm stains with basic dyes, often ACTH producing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bronchial adenoma | <radiology> Most common benign lung tumour (but only 1/50 as common as carcinoma), malignant potential, 75% resemble carcinoid tumour or cylindroma, possibly benign form of oaT-cell tumour, haemoptysis, bronchial obstruction most likely to be air-trapping (12 Dec 1998) |
| canalicular adenoma | <tumour> A variant of monomorphic adenoma composed of double rows of epithelial cells in long cords. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma | <tumour> Carcinoma arising in a benign mixed tumour of a salivary gland, characterised by rapid enlargement and pain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrofollicular adenoma | <tumour> A follicular adenoma of the thyroid, composed of large follicles containing colloid. Synonym: macrofollicular adenoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| villous adenoma | <tumour> Appears as a solitary sessile, often large, tumour of colonic mucosa composed of mucinous epithelium covering delicate vascular projections; malignant change occurs frequently; hypersecretion occurs rarely. Also known as adenoma. Synonym: papillary adenoma of large intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| renal cortical adenoma | <tumour> One of the usually small adenoma's sometimes found in the renal cortex and derived from renal tubular tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonadotrophin-producing adenoma | <tumour> A rare type of pituitary adenoma that produces FSH and LH; its cells can be identified only by immunochemical techniques. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonadotropin-producing adenoma | <tumour> A rare type of pituitary adenoma that produces FSH and LH; its cells can be identified only by immunochemical techniques. (05 Mar 2000) |
| growth hormone-producing adenoma | <tumour> An adenoma that produces the clinical picture of gigantism or acromegaly, although a third of the cells have no granules or are a mixture of acidophils and chromophobes; some tumours may secrete both growth hormone and prolactin; often an acidophil or eosinophil adenoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromophil adenoma | <tumour> Any adenoma composed of cells that stain readily. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromophobe adenoma | <tumour> A tumour of the adenohypophysis whose cells do not stain with either acid or basic dyes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromophobic adenoma | <tumour> A tumour of the adenohypophysis whose cells do not stain with either acid or basic dyes. (05 Mar 2000) |