"Leiomyoma, Epithelioid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A relatively rare smooth muscle tumor found most frequently in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract, especially in the stomach. It is similar to other smooth muscle tumors but may become very large and hemorrhage and exhibit small cystic areas. Simple excision is almost always curative. (From Dorland, 27th ed; DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1354)
| Descriptor ID |
D018230
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.590.450.455
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| Concept/Terms |
Leiomyoma, Epithelioid- Leiomyoma, Epithelioid
- Epithelioid Leiomyoma
- Epithelioid Leiomyomas
- Leiomyomas, Epithelioid
- Leiomyoblastoma
- Leiomyoblastomas
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Gastric leiomyoblastoma associated with extraadrenal paraganglioma and pulmonary chondroma: a new case of Carney's triad. J Pediatr Surg. 1993 Dec; 28(12):1545-9.