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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