Pseudotumors
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Pseudotumors are false Tumors –pathological changes that macroscopically resemble a tumor (mainly swelling – a tumor), but etiologically and microscopically they are not tumors. These are mostly images detected in the clinic (by physical examination or imaging methods).
Is part of them:
- Cysts
- Inflammatory pseudotumor
- atypical ongoing Progressive changes – Hypertrophy, Hyperplasia, Hyperregeneration
- pathological deposition of foreign material - macroscopically gives the impression of a tumor, e.g. deposition of amyloid, urates (gouty tophi), mucus (ganglion) or fat (xanthelesmata)
- Disorders of embryonic development – hamartia, choristia
- polyp
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- PASTOR, Jan. Langenbeck's medical web page [online]. [cit. 2010]. <http://langenbeck.webs.com>.