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Definition
: Any fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM. Cysts can be of normal, abnormal, non-neoplastic, or neoplastic tissues.
coord with organ/diseases term; specific terms indented under CYSTS are either neoplastic or non-neopl: check under each; intestinal gas cysts
Examples
Arachnoid Cysts
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Bone Cysts
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Branchioma
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Breast Cyst
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Bronchogenic Cyst
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Chalazion
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Choledochal Cyst
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Colloid Cysts
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Dermoid Cyst
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Epidermal Cyst
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Esophageal Cyst
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Follicular Cyst
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Ganglion Cysts
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Lymphocele
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Mediastinal Cyst
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Mesenteric Cyst
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Mucocele
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Ovarian Cysts
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Pancreatic Cyst
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Parovarian Cyst
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Pilonidal Sinus
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Ranula
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Synovial Cyst
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Tarlov Cysts
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Thyroglossal Cyst
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Urachal Cyst
Other names
Cyst
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Ectodermal dysplasia adrenal cyst
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*Adrenal Gland Diseases
*Cysts
*Ectodermal Dysplasia.
Sener syndrome
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*Cysts
*Brain Diseases
*Ectodermal Dysplasia
*Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Microphthalmia associated with colobomatous cyst
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*Cysts
*Coloboma
*Microphthalmos.
Van der Woude syndrome
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*Cysts
*Abnormalities, Multiple
*Cleft Lip
*Cleft Palate
Lip/abnormalities.
Polycystic liver disease
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*Cysts
*Liver Diseases.
Cystic medial necrosis of aorta
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*Cysts
*Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic.
Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts
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*Cysts
*Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases.