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Myopericytoma
Pronunciation
A usually slow growing, subcutaneous nodular neoplasm arising from myopericytes. It is composed of myoid cells arranged in a perivascular growth pattern. The vast majority of cases have a benign clinical course. (NCI Thesaurus)
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