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SPINDLE-SHAPED

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Tapering at each endplay

Synonyms:

cigar-shaped; fusiform; spindle-shaped

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

pointed (having a point)

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 Context examples: 

A benign soft-tissue neoplasm of uncertain lineage, characterized by the presence of neoplastic spindle-shaped to round cells and a fibromyxoid stroma.

(Fibromyxoid Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It is characterized by the presence of cellular solid nests and trabeculae that contain spindle-shaped, plasmacytoid, and large neuroendocrine cells.

(Breast Solid Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare benign neoplasm that arises from the prostate gland and is characterized by the presence of hyperplastic glands and stroma that contains spindle-shaped cells.

(Benign Prostate Phyllodes Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibroblasts, multivacuolated lipoblast-like cells, bizarre ganglion-like cells with inclusion-like nuclei, myxoid stroma formation, and a mixture of acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrate.

(Myxoinflammatory Fibroblastic Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped myofibroblasts, and a chronic inflammatory infiltrate composed of eosinophils, lymphocytes and plasma cells.

(Bladder Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped malignant cells, nuclear pleomorphism, thin-walled blood vessels, fibrous septa, and myxoid stroma.

(Myxofibrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A spindle-shaped cell that exhibits characteristics of both fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells.

(Myofibroblast, NCI Thesaurus)

A spindle-shaped neoplastic cell with eosinophilic and granular, often abundant cytoplasm.

(Neoplastic Eosinophilic Spindle Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A melanoma characterized by the presence of malignant large epithelioid melanocytes and malignant spindle-shaped melanocytes.

(Mixed Epithelioid and Spindle Cell Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibroblasts and dense collagenous stroma formation.

(Nuchal-Type Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)




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