Structured Summary
Abstract
Any fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM. Cysts can be of normal, abnormal, non-neoplastic, or neoplastic tissues.
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Narrower headings
- Arachnoid Cysts
- Bone Cysts
- Branchioma
- Breast Cyst
- Bronchogenic Cyst
- Chalazion
- Choledochal Cyst
- Colloid Cysts
- Dermoid Cyst
- Epidermal Cyst
- Esophageal Cyst
- Follicular Cyst
- Ganglion Cysts
- Lymphocele
- Mediastinal Cyst
- Mesenteric Cyst
- Mucocele
- Ovarian Cysts
- Pancreatic Cyst
- Parovarian Cyst
- Pilonidal Sinus
- Ranula
- Spermatocele
- Synovial Cyst
- Tarlov Cysts
- Thyroglossal Cyst
- Urachal Cyst
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Synonyms
1 entry terms
- Cyst
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Aspects Covered
38 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coord with organ/diseases term; specific terms indented under CYSTS are either neoplastic or non-neopl: check under each; intestinal gas cysts = PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OF LUNG, CONGENITAL is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cysts. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003560. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003560
- Cysts. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyst
- Cysts. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193211