| BCFP | breast cyst fluid protein |
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| Cy | cyanogen; cyclophosphamide; cyst; cytarabine |
| MC | mass casualties; mast cell; Master of Surgery [Lat. Magister Chirurgiae]; maximum concentration; Med... |
| CC | Choledochal cyst |
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| LEC | Lymphoepithelial cyst |
| RCC | Rathke cleft cyst |
| hydatid fremitus | The peculiar trembling or vibratory sensation felt on palpation of a hydatid cyst. Synonym: Blatin's syndrome, hydatid fremitus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hydatid polyp | A pedunculated cyst. Synonym: hydatid polyp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydatid pregnancy | The presence of a hydiform mole in the pregnant uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydatid rash | A toxic eruption occasionally following the rupture of a hydatid cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydatid resonance | A peculiar vibratile resonance heard on auscultatory percussion over a hydatid cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydatid sand | The scoleces of Echinococcus tapeworms in the fluid within a primary or daughter hydatid cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydatid thrill | The peculiar trembling or vibratory sensation felt on palpation of a hydatid cyst. Synonym: Blatin's syndrome, hydatid fremitus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stalked hydatid | A small fluid-filled cyst attached by a slender stalk to the fimbriated end of the uterine tube; a vestigial remnant of the embryonic mesonephric duct. Synonym: appendix vesiculosa, Morgagni's hydatid, morgagnian cyst, stalked hydatid, vesicular appendage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonpedunculated hydatid | A vesicular nonpedunculated structure attached to the cephalic pole of the testis; a vestige of the cephalic end of the paramesonephric (mullerian) duct. Synonym: appendix testis, appendix of the testis, nonpedunculated hydatid, ovarium masculinum, sessile hydatid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adrenal cyst | <radiology> Same characteristics as renal cysts, but less common, thick wall, septations, calcifications suggests pseudocyst (12 Dec 1998) |
| adventitious cyst | 1. An accumulation of fluid in a cystlike loculus, but without an epithelial or other membranous lining. Synonym: adventitious cyst, false cyst. 2. A cyst whose wall is formed by a host cell and not by a parasite. 3. A mass of 50 or more Toxoplasma bradyzoites, found within a host cell, frequently in the brain; formerly called a pseudocyst, but now considered a true cyst enclosed in its own membrane within the host cell that may rupture to release particles that form new cysts, and apparently is infective to another vertebrate host. See: bradyzoite. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Kystis, bladder (05 Mar 2000) |
| allantoic cyst | Cyst occurring in a persistent portion of the urachus, presenting as an extraperitoneal mass in the umbilical region. It is characterised by abdominal pain, and fever if infected. It may rupture, leading to peritonitis, or it may drain through the umbilicus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| angioblastic cyst | Mesenchymal tissue capable of forming blood in the embryo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apical periodontal cyst | An inflammatory odontogenic cyst derived histogenetically from Malassez' epithelial rests surrounding the root apex of a nonvital tooth. Synonym: periapical cyst, radicular cyst, root end cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |