Malignancy (redirect from Malignant cell)
progressively worse; the term is most familiar as a characterization of cancer. A malignant tumor contrasts with a non-cancerous benign tumor in that a malignancy...
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Cancer (redirect from Malignant growth)
hallmarks of cancer. These characteristics are required to produce a malignant tumor. They include: Cell growth and division absent the proper signals...
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Malignant narcissism is a psychological syndrome comprising a mix of narcissism, antisocial behavior, sadism, and a paranoid outlook on life. Malignant...
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Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a type of severe reaction that occurs in response to particular medications used during general anesthesia, among those...
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare but life-threatening reaction that can occur in response to antipsychotics (neuroleptic) or other drugs...
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Mesothelioma (redirect from Malignant mesothelioma)
may not contain malignant cells and a tissue biopsy is more useful in diagnosis. Using conventional cytology diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma is difficult...
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Melanoma (redirect from Melanoma, Malignant)
legs; while in men, on the back. Melanoma is frequently referred to as malignant melanoma. However, the medical community stresses that there is no such...
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Malignant is a 2021 American horror film directed by James Wan from a screenplay by Akela Cooper, based on a story by Wan, Ingrid Bisu, and Cooper. The...
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Look up malignant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Malignant refers to malignancy, the tendency of a medical condition to become progressively worse...
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Brain tumor (redirect from Malignant brain tumor)
abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant (cancerous) tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further...
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Germ cell tumor (redirect from Malignant germ cell tumor)
type, and up to one-third are malignant. In males, GCTs of the testis occur typically after puberty and are malignant (testicular cancer). In neonates...
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A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding peripheral nerves. Given its origin and behavior...
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Malignant ulcer may refer to: Carcinomatous ulcer, an ulcer with cancerous pathology behind it Rodent ulcer, also known as basal cell carcinoma Melanotic...
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Malignant histiocytosis is a rare hereditary disease found in the Bernese Mountain Dog and humans, characterized by histiocytic infiltration of the lungs...
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Smallpox (redirect from Malignant smallpox)
modified, malignant (or flat), and hemorrhagic smallpox. Historically, ordinary smallpox had an overall fatality rate of about 30%, and the malignant and hemorrhagic...
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Lymphoma (redirect from Primary malignant lymphoma)
lymphoproliferative diseases are a group of benign, premalignant, and malignant diseases of lymphoid cells (i.e., B cells, T cells, NK cells, and histiocytic-dendritic...
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Sandra in Silent Night (2021) and Madison Mitchell in the horror film Malignant (2021). Wallis was born on 5 September 1984 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England...
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Secondary malignant neoplasm is a malignant tumor whose cause is the treatment (usually radiation or chemotherapy) which was used for a prior tumor. It...
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Malignant Man is a 2011 graphic novel by James Wan. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Alan Gates is resigned to die, until he learns that his tumor is really...
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Degos disease (redirect from Malignant atrophic papulosis)
Degos disease, also known as Köhlmeier-Degos disease or malignant atrophic papulosis, is an extremely rare condition caused by blockage of arteries and...
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Teratoma (section Malignant transformation)
benign, with 0.17-2% of mature cystic teratomas becoming malignant. Immature teratoma is the malignant counterpart of the mature teratoma and contains immature...
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Neoplasm (section Malignant neoplasms)
benign neoplasms, in situ neoplasms, malignant neoplasms, and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior. Malignant neoplasms are also simply known as cancers...
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Malignant triton tumor (MTT) is a relatively rare, aggressive tumor made up of both malignant schwannoma cells and malignant rhabdomyoblasts. It is classified...
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Malignant is a 2013 American horror film written and directed by Brian Avenet-Bradley. It stars Gary Cairns and Brad Dourif as a patient who undergoes...
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Benign tumor (section Benign vs malignant)
neighboring tissue or metastasize (spread throughout the body). Compared to malignant (cancerous) tumors, benign tumors generally have a slower growth rate...
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Malignant acrospiroma, also known as nodular hidradenocarcinoma, malignant nodular clear-cell hidradenoma, mucoepidermoid hidradenocarcinoma, clear-cell...
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List of ICD-9 codes 140–239: neoplasms (section Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx (140–149))
neoplasms. 140 Malignant neoplasm of lip 141 Malignant neoplasm of tongue 142 Malignant neoplasm of major salivary glands 143 Malignant neoplasm of gum...
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Neurofibroma (redirect from Schwannoma, malignant)
more difficult to treat and can transform into malignant tumors. Dermal neurofibroma do not become malignant.[citation needed] Dermal neurofibromas (sometimes...
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Osteopetrosis (redirect from Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis)
Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (ARO), also known as malignant infantile osteopetrosis or infantile malignant osteopetrosis (IMO), is a rare type of skeletal...
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Nerve sheath tumor (redirect from Nerve sheath-derived malignant neoplasm)
nerves. From benign tumors like schwannoma to high grade malignant neoplasms known as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, peripheral nerve sheath...
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