Concept information
Preferred term
Ganglion Cysts
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Entry terms
- Cyst, Ganglionic
- Cyst, Myxoid
- Cysts, Ganglionic
- Cysts, Myxoid
- Ganglion
- Ganglionic Cyst
- Ganglionic Cysts
- Ganglions
- Myxoid Cyst
- Myxoid Cysts
Note
- non-neoplastic; SYNOVIAL CYSTS is also available
Scope note
- Nodular tumor-like lesions or mucoid flesh, arising from tendon sheaths, LIGAMENTS, or JOINT CAPSULE, especially of the hands, wrists, or feet. They are not true cysts as they lack epithelial wall. They are distinguished from SYNOVIAL CYSTS by the lack of communication with a joint cavity or the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE.
History note
- 2004; use SYNOVIAL CYST 1969-2003
In other languages
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Finnish
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cysta myxoides
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gangliokysta
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gangliokystat
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ganglion
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ganglion articulationis
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ganglion carpi
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ganglion tendinis
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ganglion vaginae tendinis
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hyytelörakko
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jännetupen hyytelörakko
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jänteen hyytelörakko
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limakysta
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myksoidikysta
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myksoidikystat
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nivelen hyytelörakko
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Swedish
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Myxoida cystor
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D045888
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