Targetoid
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Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, targetoid is a structure or lesion
Lesion
A lesion is any abnormality in the tissue of an organism , usually caused by disease or trauma. Lesion is derived from the Latin word laesio which means injury.- Types :...
that has the appearance of a target
Bullseye (target)
The bullseye, or bull's-eye, is the centre of a target , and by extension the name given to any shot that hits the bullseye...
or is target-like.
Examples:
- Targetoid hemosiderotic hemangiomaHemangiomaA hemangioma of infancy is a benign self-involuting tumor of endothelial cells, the cells that line blood vessels. It usually appears during the first weeks of life and sometimes resolves by age 10. In more severe case hemangioma may have permanency, if not treated by a physician...
- Targetoid Michaelis-Gutmann bodiesMichaelis-Gutmann bodiesMichaelis-Gutmann bodies are concentrically layered basophilic inclusions found in the urinary tract. They are 2 to 10 μm in diameter, and are thought to represent remnants of phagosomes mineralized by iron and calcium deposits....
- Targetoid calcificationCalcificationCalcification is the process in which calcium salts build up in soft tissue, causing it to harden. Calcifications may be classified on whether there is mineral balance or not, and the location of the calcification.-Causes:...
External links
- Targetoid Michaelis-Gutmann bodies - granuloma.homestead.com.
- Targetoid nevus - pbase.com.
