angiomyxoma

angiomyxoma
A myxoma in which there is an unusually large number of vascular structures.
- aggressive a. locally invasive, but nonmetastasizing tumor of genital organs in young women.

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an·gio·myx·o·ma (an″je-o-mik-soґmə) a chorioangioma containing capillary-like blood vessels; it may extend into the umbilical cord and often contains myxomatous tissue resembling that in the normal cord.

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