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Mucoepidermoid tumour

Health care; Diseases

A malignant epithelial tumour of glandular tissue, especially the salivary glands, characterised by acini with mucus-producing cells and by the presence of malignant squamous elements. Most ...

A malignant form of astrocytoma histologically characterised by pleomorphism of cells, nuclear atypia, microhemorrhage, and necrosis. They may arise in any region of the central nervous system, with ...

Choriocarcinoma

Health care; Diseases

A malignant metastatic form of trophoblastic tumors. Unlike the hyaditiform mole, choriocarcinoma contains no chorionic villi but rather sheets of undifferentiated cytotrophoblasts and ...

Hodgkin disease

Health care; Diseases

A malignant disease characterised by progressive enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and general lymphoid tissue, and the presence of large, usually multinucleate, cells (Reed-Sternberg cells) of ...

Nephroblastoma

Health care; Diseases

A malignant kidney tumour made up of three cell types: blastemal, stromal, and epithelial, but not all present in every case.

Adenocarcinoma

Health care; Diseases

A malignant epithelial tumour with a glandular organization.

White muscle disease

Health care; Diseases

A myodegeneration most frequent in calves and lambs whose dams have been fed during gestation or longer on feeds, especially legumes (fabaceae), grown in certain areas where selenium is either ...