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Preferred term

Cysts  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Cyst

Note

  • 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

Scope note

  • Any fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM. Cysts can be of normal, abnormal, non-neoplastic, or neoplastic tissues.

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • kysta
  • rakkulakasvaimet
  • rakkulakasvain
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003560

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