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Phantom tumor
Phantom Phan"tom, n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fant[^o]me, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to show. See Fancy, and cf. Pha["e]ton, Phantasm, Phase.] That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. --Pope. She was a phantom of delight. --Wordsworth. Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying. Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an an[ae]sthetic.

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- Wilms' tumor or Wilms tumor, also known as nephroblastoma, is a cancer of the kidneys that typically occurs in children (rarely in adults), and occurs...
- Phantom pain is a painful perception that an individual experiences relating to a limb or an organ that is not physically part of the body, either because...
- Phantosmia (phantom smell), also called an olfactory hallucination or a phantom odor, is smelling an odor that is not actually there. This hallucination...
- resection of the tumor is possible without sacrificing the lower extremity. If external hemipelvectomy cannot provide a greater degree of tumor resection compared...
- w****s, and was soon diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and died within months. In 1996, Phantom Regiment tied the Blue Devils of Concord, California...
- The crew was required to design all of the external airplane shots in "Phantom Traveler" from scratch using computer-generated imagery (CGI). As well...
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- on muscle phantoms. Researchers have developed muscle phantoms to implicate or act as tumors in breast imaging for cancer detection. "'Phantom head' may...
- lumpectomy, an operation in which a small volume of breast tissue containing the tumor and a surrounding margin of healthy tissue is removed to conserve the breast...
- it was discovered that Carr had a tumor on his heart. It was successfully removed the following month, but more tumors were soon discovered in his lungs...