Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

la tumeur s'auto-opère

English translation:

the tumour spontaneously detached/separated

Added to glossary by cfraser
Mar 20, 2012 17:32
12 yrs ago
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French term

la tumeur s'auto-opère

French to English Medical Medical (general) Medical/Psychological Case
Contexte (colon cancer):

"Il a, peu de temps après, un saignement dans les selles qui l'affole (en fait, **la tumeur s'auto-opère** et saigne à la dissection, ce qui en fait biologiquement est un bon signe,..)"

Merci beacoup,

Barbara
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Mar 25, 2012 14:10: cfraser Created KOG entry

Discussion

SJLD Mar 21, 2012:
ce qui en fait biologiquement est un bon signe

That's news to me. Bowel tumours bleed because they ulcerate or are very friable. Was this actually written by an MD?
Kelly Harrison Mar 20, 2012:
Wow! Does this happen often??
Dr Lofthouse Mar 20, 2012:
could it be' the tumour dissected itself' - this caused the blood found in the stools?

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the tumour spontaneously detached/separated

appropriate given the context - see refs below

Medical times - Google Books Resultbooks.google.ca/books?id=vRoCAAAAYAAJ...
1850 - Medical
SPONTANEOUS SEPARATION OF A LARGE TUMOUR FROM THE THIGH, AFTER AN ... Thus, scarcely any part of its circumference could be detached.

Cystic Fibrosis: A State-Of-The-Art Series - Google Books Resultbooks.google.ca/books?isbn=3805572247...
S. Karger AG, Karger - 2001 - Medical - 72 pages
There are several possible reasons why this tumor spontaneously detached. First , the adenoma was soft and may have been attached to the brochial wall with a ...


Complications during removal of a pedunculatedthorax.bmj.com/content/26/6/747.long
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by A Annamalai - 1971 - Cited by 5 - Related articles
(A) Spontaneously detached tumour blocking airflow through endotracheal tube andright main bronchus;. (B) left bronchial closure; (C) bronchotomy site; (D) site ...

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There are several possible reasons why this tumor spontaneously detached. First , the adenoma was soft and may have been attached to the brochial wall with a

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the tumor detaches itself

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/503657_3 - Traduire cette page
[5-7] In some cases, the pedicle of the tumor can twist and the tumor detaches itself from the pleura, forming a mobile intrathoracic mass. Fissural lesions can ...

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not colon cancer but this might be the meaning.
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the tumor attempts to resolve itself

Hello,

That's how I read it "s'auto-opérer" (operates on itself = tries to repair itself)


I hope this helps.
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