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Abstract
A mass of histologically normal tissue present in an abnormal location.
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- Aberrant Tissue
- Ectopic Tissue
- Heterotopic Tissue
- Aberrant Tissues
- Choristomas
- Ectopic Tissues
- Heterotopic Tissues
- Tissue, Aberrant
- Tissue, Ectopic
- Tissue, Heterotopic
- Tissues, Aberrant
- Tissues, Ectopic
- Tissues, Heterotopic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coord aberrant or heterotopic tissue of an organ under the organ without qualif, e.g., heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the duodenum = CHORISTOMA (IM) + DUODENAL DISEASES (IM) + PANCREAS (no qualif) (IM)
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- National Library of Medicine. Choristoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002828. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002828
- Choristoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choristoma
- Choristoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40649915