Papillary in A Sentence

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    The communication with the atrium is guarded by a valvula cardiaca dextra, which only in function represents the mammalian tricuspid; it consists of an oblique reduplication of the muscular fibres together with the endocardiac lining of the right ventricle, while the opposite wall is convex and forms neither a velum nor papillary muscles, nor chordae tendineae.

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    Both develop in cells that produce thyroid hormones, but papillary cancer tends to grow slowly and is usually curable.

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    This ambiguity can be resolved by transforming the measured color co-ordinates to compensate for the thickness of the papillary dermis.

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    After complete resection papillary cystic neoplasm has a good prognosis with a low rate of recurrence.

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    About 1% of patients develop pancreatitis and 5% of those who undergo a sphincterotomy develop late papillary stenosis.

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    Elevated CA 125 is found both in malignant mesothelioma & serous papillary peritoneal carcinoma.