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Phantom tumor
| (Med.) | a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an anæsthetic. |
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EncyclopediaSeetumorphantom tumor
phan·tom tu·moraccumulation of fluid in the interlobar spaces of the lung, secondary to congestive heart failure, radiologically simulating a neoplasm. Synonym(s): pseudotumor, vanishing tumorA circumscribed accumulation of fluid in the interlobular spaces, which may be seen on a plain chest film in congestive heart failurephan·tom tu·mor (fan'tŏm tū'mŏr) 1. Accumulation of fluid in the interlobar spaces of the lung, secondary to congestive heart failure, radiologically simulating a neoplasm. 2. A muscle contraction or gaseous distortion of the intestines. |