Carcinoma

Karcinom

Svensk definition

Elakartad tumör, bestående av epitelceller som infiltrerar omkringliggande vävnader och som ger upphov till metastaser. Det är en neoplasm av specifik vävnadstyp (histologisk typ), men betraktas ofta felaktigt som en synonym till begreppet "cancer".

Engelsk definition

A malignant neoplasm made up of epithelial cells tending to infiltrate the surrounding tissues and give rise to metastases. It is a histological type of neoplasm and not a synonym for cancer.

Svenska synonymer

Epiteliom Epiteliala maligna tumörer Anaplastiskt karcinom Karcinomatos

Engelska synonymer

Carcinomas Epithelioma Epitheliomas Malignant Epithelial Neoplasms Epithelial Neoplasm, Malignant Malignant Epithelial Neoplasm Neoplasm, Malignant Epithelial Neoplasms, Malignant Epithelial Epithelial Neoplasms, Malignant Epithelial Tumors, Malignant Epithelial Tumor, Malignant Malignant Epithelial Tumor Malignant Epithelial Tumors Tumor, Malignant Epithelial Carcinoma, Anaplastic Anaplastic Carcinoma Anaplastic Carcinomas Carcinoma, Spindle-Cell Carcinoma, Spindle Cell Spindle-Cell Carcinoma Spindle-Cell Carcinomas Carcinoma, Undifferentiated Undifferentiated Carcinoma Undifferentiated Carcinomas Carcinomatosis Carcinomatoses