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Chondroblastoma
Chondroblastoma is a rare, benign (non-cancer) bone tumor that usually grows in the end of a long bone, close to a joint, such as…
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Chondrodermatitis Nodularis Chronica Helicis
Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis (CNH) is a skin condition that affects the cartilage of the ear. It is a painful, benign growth that typically…
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Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Sheffield Type
Chondrodysplasia punctata, Sheffield type is an older name that doctors used for a mild, symmetrical form of chondrodysplasia punctata (CDP). Today, many genetics catalogs…
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Chondroid Lipoma
Chondroid lipoma is a rare type of lipoma that typically develops in the soft tissues of the body, such as the arms, legs, and…
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Chondroid Syringoma
Chondroid syringoma might sound like a complex term, but we're here to simplify it for you. In this article, we'll explain everything you need…
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Chondroma of Soft Parts
Chondroma of soft parts is a rare benign tumor that arises from cartilage tissue in the soft tissues of the body, such as muscles,…
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Chondromatous Giant Cell Tumor
Chondromatous giant cell tumor is an old name for a rare bone tumor that doctors now call chondroblastoma. It is a benign (non-cancer) tumor…
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Chondrosarcoma
Chondrosarcoma is a type of cancer that starts in cartilage-making cells. Cartilage is the smooth, rubbery tissue that covers the ends of bones and…
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Chordoma
Chordoma is a rare type of bone cancer that grows in the bones of the spine or at the base of the skull. It…
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Chordoma – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
A chordoma is a low-grade, slow-growing, but locally invasive and locally aggressive tumor. Chordomas belong to the sarcoma family of tumors. They arise from…
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Chorioblastoma
Chorioblastoma is another name for choriocarcinoma, a very fast-growing cancer that starts from trophoblastic cells. These are the cells that help an early baby…
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Choriocarcinoma
Choriocarcinoma is a rare, fast-growing cancer that starts from the cells that normally form the placenta in pregnancy. These cells are called trophoblast cells.…
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Choriocarcinoma
Choriocarcinoma is a rare, very fast-growing cancer that starts from the cells of a pregnancy (trophoblast cells). These are the cells that normally form…
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Chorionepithelioma
Chorionepithelioma is an older name for gestational choriocarcinoma, a very fast-growing cancer that starts from trophoblast cells of the placenta after a pregnancy event…
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Chorionic Carcinoma
Chorionic carcinoma is an older name for choriocarcinoma, a very fast-growing cancer that comes from cells of the placenta called trophoblasts. These cells normally…
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Choroid Plexus Carcinoma
Choroid plexus carcinoma is a rare, fast-growing brain cancer that starts in the choroid plexus, the soft tissue inside the brain’s ventricles that makes…
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Choroid Plexus Papilloma
Choroid plexus papilloma is a rare, slow-growing brain tumour that starts in the choroid plexus, the tissue inside the brain’s ventricles that makes cerebrospinal…
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Choroid Plexus Papilloma (CPP)
Choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) is a rare, usually benign (non-cancer) brain tumor that starts in the choroid plexus, the spongy tissue inside the brain’s…
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Choroidal Hemangioma
Choroidal hemangioma is a harmless, noncancerous growth made up of extra blood vessels in the choroid, the layer of blood‐rich tissue found between the…
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Chromophobe Renal Cell Adenocarcinoma
Chromophobe renal cell adenocarcinoma (usually called chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, chRCC) is a rare type of kidney cancer. It starts in special cells called…
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Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (chromophobe RCC) is a rare type of kidney cancer that starts in the lining cells of the tiny tubes in…
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Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia – Symptoms, Treatment
Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia/Eosinophilic Pneumonia includes a group of disorders characterized by an accumulation of eosinophilic infiltrates in the pulmonary parenchyma with/without peripheral blood eosinophilia.…
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Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease (Chronic GVHD or cGVHD)
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (chronic GVHD or cGVHD) is a long-lasting problem that can happen after an allogeneic stem cell or bone marrow transplant. In…
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Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia (CGL)
Chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) is an older name for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a blood cancer that starts from the bone marrow cells that…
