Diseases

Cysts

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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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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1 entry terms
  • Cyst

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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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Tree Numbers

  1. C04w.182w
  2. C23.300.306w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cysts. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003560. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003560
  2. Cysts. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyst
  3. Cysts. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193211