"Thecoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A gonadal stromal neoplasm composed only of THECA CELLS, occurring mostly in the postmenopausal OVARY. It is filled with lipid-containing spindle cells and produces ESTROGENS that can lead to ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; or other malignancies in postmenopausal women and sexual precocity in girls. When tumors containing theca cells also contain FIBROBLASTS, they are identified as thecoma-fibroma tumors with less active hormone production.
| Descriptor ID |
D013798
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.475.750.875 C04.588.322.455.765 C13.351.500.056.630.705.765 C13.351.937.418.685.765 C19.344.410.765 C19.391.630.705.765
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| Concept/Terms |
Thecoma- Thecoma
- Thecomas
- Theca Cell Tumor
- Theca Cell Tumors
- Tumor, Theca Cell
- Tumors, Theca Cell
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thecoma" by people in Profiles.
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Imbalances of chromosomes 4, 9, and 12 are recurrent in the thecoma-fibroma group of ovarian stromal tumors. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2007 Oct 15; 178(2):135-40.
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A morphologic classification and incidence of spontaneous ovarian neoplasms in three strains of mice. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1981 Sep; 67(3):693-702.