fibroma (fi-bro'mah)

PI. fibromata. A generic term for fibrous tumors developed from proliferous connective ti ue cells. Hence they are found in the skin, nerves, fasciae, periosteum, and glandular organs. Though multiple, they do not give rise to metastatic tumors, cystic f. A f. that has undergone cystic degeneration, f. caver no sum. A f. containing greatly dilated blood ve els, f. cutis. F. of the skin. f. endothelioideum. F. of the dura mater with cells resembling endothelial cells. f. fungoides. See mycosis fungoides. f. keloides. See keloid, f. lipoma to des. See xanthoma, f. molluscum. A soft, flaccid, painle tumor of the skin, either se ile or pedunculated, consisting of a loose network of connective ti ue containing more or le serous fluid in its meshes, and covered by epidermis of normal appearance. It is most commonly situated on the face, scalp, or scrotum (in females, the labia pudendi), although the tumors may be di eminated over the whole cutaneous surface. The disease is often congenital, f. myxoma to des. A myxo fibroma, f. mucinosum. An edematous, cystic, or mucoid tumor, arising from obstructed lymph channels. f. teleangiectaticum. A highly vascular f. with wide and dilated blood ve els, mucoid f. See fibrocyst. [Lat., fibra, fiber, + Gr., oma, tumor.]