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Myxoma

"Myxoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A benign neoplasm derived from connective tissue, consisting chiefly of polyhedral and stellate cells that are loosely embedded in a soft mucoid matrix, thereby resembling primitive mesenchymal tissue. It occurs frequently intramuscularly where it may be mistaken for a sarcoma. It appears also in the jaws and the skin. (From Stedman, 25th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Myxoma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Myxoma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2004 and 2020
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