tumoraal

Tumoraal is an adjective used in medical Dutch to describe features related to tumors. The term derives from tumor and the suffix -aal, which is used to form adjectives indicating a characteristic or relation. In pathology and radiology, tumoraal describes morphologic patterns that resemble those of a tumor or processes that produce tumor-like masses, without necessarily indicating a neoplasm. For example, tumoraal proliferation can refer to cellular growth that mimics a tumor but arises from reactive or developmental processes. The term is thus a descriptive modifier rather than a diagnostic label; it does not by itself establish malignancy.

In clinical and scientific writing, tumoraal features may be contrasted with non-tumoraal contexts to clarify whether growth is neoplastic or merely pseudo-tumoral. In reports, terms such as tumoraal mass or tumoraal necrosis may appear to describe observed pathology, but precise diagnosis requires histopathological examination and correlation with imaging and clinical context.

The Dutch-language medical literature uses tumoraal to discuss tumor-like aspects of diseases, including hamartomas, granulomatous lesions, and certain fibrous proliferations, where the overall lesion resembles a tumor from a morphological standpoint but lacks true clonal neoplasia. See also tumor, neoplasm, morphology.