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Abstract
A tumorlike condition characterized by SMOOTH MUSCLE and ENDOTHELIUM proliferation of LYMPHATIC VESSELS and LYMPH NODES in the MEDIASTINUM and retroperitoneum, also in the lung. It may be manifested by chylous PLEURAL EFFUSION and ASCITES.
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- Lymphangioleiomyoma
- Lymphangioleiomyomas
- Lymphangiomyomas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, 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, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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differentiate from LYMPHANGIOMYOMATOSIS; coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm terms (IM)
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History Note
91(80); was see under LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS 1980-90
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- Lymphangioma (1966-1979)
- Lymphatic Diseases (1968-1979)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Lymphangiomyoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008203. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008203
- Lymphangiomyoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18975116