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What is an adenoma?

What is an adenoma? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pathology) A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
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Pleomorphic adenoma is a benign neoplasm that occurs in major or minor salivary glands.
Other primary epithelial tumors of the urachus include villous adenoma, transitional cell carcinoma, and, rarely, squamous cell carcinoma.
The villous adenoma from this patient demonstrated focal high-grade dysplasia but no apparent adenocarcinoma.
Conclusions: According to these findings, enucleation surgery on a pleomorphic adenoma should not be performed anymore.
The differential diagnosis on a biopsy included adenoid cystic carcinoma and basal cell adenoma.
Histology showed necrosed tissue, which was strongly indicative of pituitary adenoma.

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