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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Myxoma
Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Myxoma

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Myxoma  

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  • Angiomyxoma
  • Angiomyxomas

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  • A benign neoplasm derived from connective tissue, consisting chiefly of polyhedral and stellate cells that are loosely embedded in a soft mucoid matrix, thereby resembling primitive mesenchymal tissue. It occurs frequently intramuscularly where it may be mistaken for a sarcoma. It appears also in the jaws and the skin. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

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