| aneurysmal bone cyst | <radiology> ABC, 10 - 30 yrs, 75% before skeletal maturity, sites: long bones; also, flat bones Findings: metaphyseal if unfused, metaepiphyseal after fusion, lytic, expansile, thin, continuous rim, thin internal bony strands (12 Dec 1998) |
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| bone cysts, aneurysmal | Solitary lesions of bone that typically cause a bulging of the overlying cortex bearing some resemblance to the saccular protrusion of the aortic wall in aortic aneurysm, hence the name. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| aneurysmal | Relating to an aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aneurysmal bruit | A blowing murmur heard over an aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aneurysmal cough | Cough due to impingement of an aortic aneurysm on the recurrent laryngeal nerve or other nearby structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aneurysmal murmur | A systolic or systolic-diastolic murmur heard over some cardiac aneurysms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aneurysmal phthisis | The clinical picture of chest pain, cough with or without sputum, and haemoptysis sometimes produced by aortic aneurysm; reminiscent of an advanced tuberculous syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aneurysmal sac | The dilated wall of an artery in a saccular aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aneurysmal varix | Dilation and tortuosity of a vein resulting from an acquired communication with an adjacent artery. Synonym: Pott's aneurysm, varix anastomoticus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone cyst | See: solitary bone cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple bone cyst | <radiology> Unicameral or solitary bone cyst, lytic, unilocular, central, meta-diaphyseal, humerus (most common site), age 0 - 10 yrs Differential diagnosis: bubbly bone lesions (12 Dec 1998) |
| solitary bone cyst | A unilocular cyst containing serous fluid and lined with a thin layer of connective tissue, occurring usually in the shaft of a long bone in a child. Synonym: idiopathic bone cavity, osteocystoma, simple bone cyst, traumatic bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stafne bone cyst | An indentation on the lingual surface of the mandible within which a portion of the submandibular gland lies; it appears radiographically as a sharply circumscribed ovoid radiolucency between the mandibular canal and the inferior border of the posterior mandible. Synonym: Stafne bone cyst, static bone cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| static bone cyst | An indentation on the lingual surface of the mandible within which a portion of the submandibular gland lies; it appears radiographically as a sharply circumscribed ovoid radiolucency between the mandibular canal and the inferior border of the posterior mandible. Synonym: Stafne bone cyst, static bone cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic bone cyst | A unilocular cyst containing serous fluid and lined with a thin layer of connective tissue, occurring usually in the shaft of a long bone in a child. Synonym: idiopathic bone cavity, osteocystoma, simple bone cyst, traumatic bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unicameral bone cyst | A unilocular cyst containing serous fluid and lined with a thin layer of connective tissue, occurring usually in the shaft of a long bone in a child. Synonym: idiopathic bone cavity, osteocystoma, simple bone cyst, traumatic bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |