Neoplastic Process
ovarian fibromata
Definitions related to ovarian fibromata:
  • (ovarian fibroma) A benign neoplasm arising from soft tissue of the ovary. It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibroblasts.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (ovarian fibroma) A rare benign ovarian tumor of sex cord / stromal origin characterized by an abdominal mass which may present with abdominal pain, distension, or menorrhagia, among others, or may also be asymptomatic. Association with ascites and hydrothorax is known as Meigs syndrome. The tumor can be solid and/or cystic in nature. Histologically it features bundles of spindle cells forming variable amounts of collagen, without cellular atypia or atypical mitoses.
    OrphaNet
    INSERM, 2021
  • (ovarian fibroma) The presence of a fibroma of the ovary.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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