Neoplastic Process
muscle neoplasm
mus·cle ne·o·plasm [ muhs-uhl nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Soft Tissue Neoplasms; Myopathy
Definitions related to myomatous neoplasm:
  • (muscle neoplasm) New abnormal muscle tissue that grows by excessive cellular division and proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease; includes tumors or cancer located in muscle tissue or specific muscles, as well as those composed of muscle tissue.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (muscle neoplasms) Tumors or cancer located in muscle tissue or specific muscles. They are differentiated from NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE which are neoplasms composed of skeletal, cardiac, or smooth muscle tissue, such as MYOSARCOMA or LEIOMYOMA.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A benign or malignant mesenchymal neoplasm arising from smooth, skeletal, or cardiac muscle.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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