myxofibroman.
/ˌmɪksə(ʊ)fʌɪˈbrəʊmə/, U.S. /ˌmɪksoʊˌfaɪˈbroʊmə/ Pathology.
A fibroma with mucoid stroma.
ΚΠ
1887 Brain 10 214 Sections..showed the growth to be a myxo-fibroma, which had apparently resulted from the reversion of the connective tissue of the nerve to the embryonic type.
1976 Jrnl. Oral Surg. 34 988 A new case of chondromyxoid fibroma of the jaw arising in a 16-year-old white girl is presented. It is possible that unrepresentative biopsy specimens of this condition could be misdiagnosed as myxofibroma.
1997 Jrnl. Periodontol. 68 479 A rare case of odontogenic myxofibroma, which arose from the periodontal ligament and expanded into the oral cavity..is reported.
2000 Ann. Plastic Surg. 44 440 On the basis of the clinical appearance, radiographic findings, and biopsy specimen, the lesion was diagnosed as a myxofibroma.
Derivatives
myxofiˈbromatous adj. rare
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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 713 A large myxo-fibromatous polypus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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