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MEDULLARY-CARCINOMA


originator: Clara
origination date: 18/04/2002
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 13/05/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISACARCINOMA
SUBCLASSESMEDULLARY-CARCINOMA-OF-THE-BREAST
MEDULLARY-CARCINOMA-OF-THE-THYROID
DESCENDANTSFAMILIAL-MEDULLARY-CARCINOMA-OF-THE-THYROID
MEDULLARY-CARCINOMA-OF-THE-BREAST
MEDULLARY-CARCINOMA-OF-THE-THYROID
SPORADIC-MEDULLARY-CANCER
ANCESTORSALL
CARCINOMA
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-MORPHOLOGY
NEOPLASM-BY-MORPHOLOGY
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
medullary carcinomadefinition: carcinoma located in the innermost part of an organ or structure, composed mainly of epithelial cells with little or no connective tissue (tissue which binds together and is the support of the various structures of the body). It is comparatively soft and brainlike in consistency. Medullary carcinomas of the breast constitute 5-7% of all mammary carcinomas; medullary carcinomas of the thyroid comprise 3-10% of all thyroid malignancies. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term
context (x): i_medcar.txt

origination date: 12/06/2002
originator: Arianne

Spanish
carcinoma medularterm type: main entry term
definition: carcinoma que se localiza en la parte más interna de un órgano y estructura y que consiste principalmente en elementos epiteliales con tejido conectivo escaso o inexistente. Suele ser relativamente blando en cuanto a consistencia. Los sitios donde se encuentra comúnmente son la mama (5-7% de todos los tipos de cáncer de mama) y la glándula tiroides (3-10% de todos los carcinomas de tiroides). (es)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
context (x): e_carmed.txt

origination date: 12/06/2002
originator: Arianne