Diseases

Choristoma

A mass of histologically normal tissue present in an abnormal location.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A mass of histologically normal tissue present in an abnormal location.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Aberrant Tissue
  • Ectopic Tissue
  • Heterotopic Tissue
  • Aberrant Tissues
  • Choristomas
  • Ectopic Tissues
  • Heterotopic Tissues
  • Tissue, Aberrant
  • Tissue, Ectopic
  • Tissue, Heterotopic
  • Tissues, Aberrant
  • Tissues, Ectopic
  • Tissues, Heterotopic

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coord aberrant or heterotopic tissue of an organ under the organ without qualif, e.g., heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the duodenum = CHORISTOMA (IM) + DUODENAL DISEASES (IM) + PANCREAS (no qualif) (IM)

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Tree Number

  1. C23.300.250w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Choristoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002828. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002828
  2. Choristoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choristoma
  3. Choristoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40649915