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myxoma

A benign tumor derived from connective tissue consisting largely of polyhedral & stellate cells loosely embedded in a soft mucoid matrix. Myxomas frequently occur in muscle, jaw bones & encysted in the skin.

Specific

cardiac myxoma fibromyxoma

General

soft (connective) tissue neoplasm

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995