A mixed tumor is a tumor that derives from multiple tissue types.[1] A biplastic tumor or biphasic tumor has two tissue types.[2][3]
Reactive or adaptive changes to a tumor does not count towards a classification as mixed. Such changes include angiogenesis (blood vessel proliferation) and/or desmoplasia (proliferation of connective tissue).[5]
Disease | Cellular elements | |
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Fibroadenoma[7] | Epithelium | Stroma |
Ceruminous adenoma[8] | Inner luminal secretory cells | Myoepithelial cells |
Carcinosarcoma[9] | Carcinomatous cells | Sarcomatous cells |