Salivary Gland Nodular Fasciitis

Preferred Label : Salivary Gland Nodular Fasciitis;

NCIt definition : A self-limiting, rapidly growing, non-encapsulated benign neoplasm that arises from the salivary glands. It is composed of fibroblastic/myofibroblastic cells. It usually occurs in the parotid gland.;

Neoplastic status : Benign;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1407542;

Details

Origin ID

C173687;

UMLS CUI

C5420338;

Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
Disease excludes normal cell origin
- Neuron, Neuroepithelial Cell, and Supporting Cell of the Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Disease may have findings
- Chronic Inflammatory Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- High Mitotic Activity [NCIt concept]
- Pain [NCIt concept]
- Red Blood Cells Extravasation [NCIt concept]
- Storiform Growth Pattern [NCIt concept]
Excludes anatomical site(s)
- Bone [NCIt concept]
- Maxillofacial Bone [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Salivary Gland [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
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- Encapsulated Mass [NCIt concept]
- Locally Aggressive Lesion [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
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- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Connective and Soft Tissue Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Fibroblast [NCIt concept]
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- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Indolent Clinical Course [NCIt concept]
- Rapidly Enlarging Mass [NCIt concept]
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- Connective and Soft Tissue Cell [NCIt concept]
- Fibroblast [NCIt concept]
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- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
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- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Salivary Gland [NCIt concept]
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- MYH9/USP6 Fusion Gene [NCIt concept]
- USP6 Gene [NCIt concept]
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- Osteoclast-Like Giant Cell [NCIt concept]
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- USP6 Gene Rearrangement [NCIt concept]

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