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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Tendinopathy > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath
Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Tendinopathy > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath
Wounds and Injuries > Tendon Injuries > Tendinopathy > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Joint Diseases > Synovitis > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Giant Cell Tumors > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Giant Cell Tumors > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath

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Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath  

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Entry terms

  • Fibrous Histiocytoma of Tendon Sheath
  • Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor

Scope note

  • A tumor arising in the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; or TENDON sheath. It is characterized by OSTEOCLAST-like GIANT CELLS; FOAM CELLS; pigmented HEMOSIDERIN-laden MACROPHAGES and inflammatory infiltrate. It is classified either as diffuse or localized tenosynovitis.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000070779

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