myxofibroma

myxofibroma
A benign neoplasm of fibrous connective tissue that resembles primitive mesenchymal tissue. SYN: fibroma myxomatodes, myxoma fibrosum. [myxo- + L. fibra, fiber, + G. -oma, tumor]

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n.
a benign tumour of fibrous tissue that contains myxomatous elements (see myxoma) or has undergone mucoid degeneration.

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myxo·fi·bro·ma (mik″so-fi-broґmə) [myxoma + fibroma] a fibroma containing myxomatous tissue.

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