| CIPF | classic interstitial pneumonitis-fibrosis; clinical illness promoting factor |
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| COACH | cerebellar vermis hypoplasia/aplasia-oligophrenia-congenital ataxia-ocular colobomata-hepatic fibros... |
| DIF | diffuse interstitial fibrosis; direct immunofluorescence; dose increase factor |
| EMF | electromagnetic flowmeter; electromotive force; Emergency Medicine Foundation; endomyocardial fibros... |
| IAF | idiopathic alveolar fibrosis |
| cystic diathesis | A condition in which multiple cysts form in the liver, kidneys, and other organs. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cystic disease of renal medulla | Presence of small cysts in the renal medulla associated with anaemia, sodium depletion, and chronic renal failure. It is of two types: 1) fatal autosomal recessive or juvenile type (also called familial juvenile nephrophthisis), beginning at about age 10 with an average duration of 6 to 8 years; 2) autosomal dominant or adult type, beginning at about age 30 but with a more fulminant course. Synonym: microcystic disease of renal medulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic duct | <anatomy> A bile duct that connects the gallbladder to the common bile duct. A gallstone that blocks the cystic duct can lead to inflammation and infection of the gallbladder. See: common bile duct. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cystic duct cholangiography | Radiography of the biliary system after introduction of contrast medium through the cystic duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic gall duct | The ductus leading from the gallbladder; it joins the hepatic duct to form the common bile duct. Synonym: ductus cysticus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic goiter | An enlargement in the thyroid region due to the presence of one or more cysts within the gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic hygroma | <radiology> Multiple cystic structures in nuchal region, lack of communication btw cervical lymphatics and venous system, unlike encephalocele: no cranial defect, no vertebral anomaly associated with: Turner syndrome, Roberts syndrome (single-gene disorder), Down syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| cystic hyperplasia | Formation of multiple retention cysts from obstruction of ducts or glands by hyperplasia of the lining epithelium, as in fibrocystic disease of the breast and metropathia haemorrhagica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic hyperplasia of the breast | A benign disease common in women of the third, fourth, and fifth decades characterised by formation, in one or both breasts, of small cysts containing fluid which may appear as blue dome cysts; associated with stromal fibrosis and with variable degrees of intraductal epithelial hyperplasia and sclerosing adenosis. Synonym: cystic hyperplasia of the breast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic kidney | A general term used to indicate a kidney that contains one or more cysts, including polycystic disease, solitary cyst, multiple simple cysts, and retention cysts (associated with parenchymal scarring). (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic liver metastases | <radiology> Mucinous ovarian carcinoma, colonic carcinoma, sarcoma, melanoma, lung carcinoma, carcinoid tumour see: liver metastases (12 Dec 1998) |
| cystic lymphangiectasis | A condition characterised by a fairly well circumscribed group of several or numerous, cystlike, dilated vessels or spaces lined with endothelium and filled with lymph. Synonym: cystic lymphangiectasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic lymph node | A lymph node at the neck of the gallbladder draining lymph into the hepatic nodes. Synonym: nodus cysticus, cystic node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic medial necrosis | Loss of elastic and muscle fibres in the aortic media, with accumulation of mucopolysaccharide, sometimes in cystlike spaces between the fibres; a disease of unknown cause, which may be inherited and which predisposes to dissecting aneurysms. Synonym: Erdheim disease, medionecrosis aortae idiopathica cystica, medionecrosis of the aorta, mucoid medial degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic mole | <gynaecology, oncology, tumour> A relatively rare mass or tumour that can form within the uterus at the beginning of a pregnancy. The cause of hydatidiform mole is unknown. Symptoms include vaginal bleeding, uterine growth, nausea and vomiting. Some hydatidiform moles may become malignant (cancerous) where they are referred to as a choriocarcinoma. Incidence: 1 in 1,500 births. (02 Jan 1998) |