What's the difference between fibroid and tumour?

Fibroid


Definition:

  • (a.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors.
  • (n.) A fibroid tumor; a fibroma.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In premenopausal women, submucous fibroids were the main findings and in post-menopausal women, 59 per cent had an atrophic endometrium.
  • (2) These can be divided aetiologically in to: 54 cases of simple hyperplasia of the endometrium (15.9%), 34 cases with submucous fibroids (10.6%), 26 cases of adenomyosis (5.9%).
  • (3) Only 2 of 12 fibroids, which showed a smaller response (less than 50%) to GnRH therapy, were reduced by more than 35% after 4 and 8 weeks.
  • (4) Retrospective statistical analysis showed that a 50% reduction in fibroid size due to GnRH treatment is preceded by a 35% reduction after 4 weeks in 81% of cases, and after 8 weeks in all cases.
  • (5) Of the six cases that did not meet the MR criteria for the diagnosis of leiomyoma, three were proved to be degenerated fibroids, one was squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, and two were ovarian malignant tumors.
  • (6) It is easy to fall into diagnostic and therapeutic traps when uterine fibroids are known to be present, especially when they occur concomitantly with a condition such as irregular uterine bleeding, infertility, or pregnancy.
  • (7) Six patients with large uterine fibroids were given a single subcutaneous implant of an LHRH analogue (goserelin 3.5 mg) prior to elective hysterectomy.
  • (8) Both unoccupied oestradiol receptors (measured by separating bound from free hormone with dextran-coated charcoal; DCC) and 'total' receptor populations (as measured by an enzyme immunoassay) were measured in each fibroid and adjoining myometrium.
  • (9) There are variations in the type and frequency of ultrasound equipment, maternal anatomical characteristics (obesity, coexisting fibroids, uterine version), and in the visual acuity of observers.
  • (10) A sample of 58 cases of genital malignancies are compared with 50 cases of benign neoplasms (fibroids) and their effects on sexuality, as a parameter of the quality of life, are studied and reported.
  • (11) Twelve patients (group II) had abnormal hysteroscopic findings including small uterine septa, small submucous fibroids, uterine hypoplasia and cervical ridges.
  • (12) Inflammatory fibroid polyps are lesions occurring in the submucosa of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • (13) Cao suffered from several conditions, including tuberculosis, liver disease and uterine fibroids, according to the New York-based group Human Rights in China .
  • (14) Risk factors for uterine fibroids were analyzed in a hospital-based case-control study conducted in the greater Milan area, based on 275 women with histologically confirmed fibroids and 722 controls with acute nongynecologic or hormone-related conditions.
  • (15) Macroscopically the tumor reveals a striking resemblance with an uterine fibroid.
  • (16) Among 3,200 polyps of the stomach, we diagnosed inflammatory fibroid polyp in 143 patients (4.5%).
  • (17) Whereas leiomyoma exhibited higher estradiol binding capacity, the concentration of progesterone receptors was low in fibroid tumors.
  • (18) Postoperative pathological examination of the resected stomach disclosed a widely spreading early carcinoma and two concomitant submucosal lesions which were histologically compatible with inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP).
  • (19) A new method of vaginal removal of submucous fibroids was attempted on 151 patients.
  • (20) In women with uterine fibroids, therapy leads to reduction of uterine volume and alleviation of symptoms although the benefit is rapidly reversed when therapy ceases.

Tumour


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In contrast to previous reports, these tumours were more malignant than osteosarcomas and showed a five-year survival rate of only 4-2 per cent.
  • (2) At operation, the tumour was identified and excised with part of the aneurysmal wall.
  • (3) When perfusion of the affected lung was less than one-third of the total the tumour was found to be unresectable.
  • (4) Some S-100 reactive cells previously interpreted as tumour cells were refound in a few tumours.
  • (5) An association of cyclophosphamide, fluorouracil and methotrexate already employed with success against solid tumours in other sites was used in the treatment of 62 patients with advanced tumours of the head and neck.
  • (6) Ten out of 12 (83%) tumours which had c-erbB-2 and c-erbA co-amplification had metastasised to axillary lymph nodes (P less than 0.006).
  • (7) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.
  • (8) These are rare tumours comparable to abdominal desmoid tumours.
  • (9) Over the past decade the use of monoclonal antibodies has greatly advanced our knowledge of the biological properties and heterogeneity that exist within human tumours, and in particular in lung cancer.
  • (10) Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a polypeptide produced by mononuclear phagocytes, has been implicated as an important mediator of inflammatory processes and of clinical manifestations in acute infectious diseases.
  • (11) Expression of AR was compared with that of ER and PR as well as with tumour grade and age.
  • (12) The risk of recurrence and progression in 170 patients presenting with pTa urothelial tumours of the bladder has been estimated so that follow-up can be rationalised.
  • (13) Instead, the White House opted for a low-key approach, publishing a blogpost profiling Trinace Edwards, a brain-tumour victim who recently discovered she was eligible for Medicaid coverage.
  • (14) Finally, 10 patients had an intra- and extrasellar tumour (group III).
  • (15) Four patients with tumours larger than 2 cm died from metastatic carcinoid.
  • (16) We conclude that 1H MRS has a clear role in the diagnosis and biochemical assessment of intracranial tumours and in the evaluation and monitoring of therapy.
  • (17) The independent but combined use of both antigens, appreciably raises the diagnostic success percentage with regard to that obtained when only one tumour marker was used.
  • (18) We describe 10 patients with cerebral venous thrombosis: two had protein S deficiency, one had protein C deficiency, one was in early pregnancy, and there was a single case of each of the following: dural arteriovenous malformation, intracerebral arteriovenous malformation, bilateral glomus tumours, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegener's granulomatosis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • (19) All patients in Stages I and II (5 out of 26) who developed metastases had poorly differentiated (histological Type III) tumours.
  • (20) Three angiographic observations showing partial mesenteric vascularisation of renal tumours were made.

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