| CMN | caudal mediastinal node; cystic medial necrosis |
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| CMN-AA | cystic medial necrosis of ascending aorta |
| CPCL | congenital pulmonary cystic lymphangiectasia |
| DMNL | dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus lesion |
| E* | lesion on the erythrocyte cell membrane at the site of complement fixation |
| cystic pelvic mass | <radiology> Physiologic ovarian cyst, The Big Three (ectopic, PID, endometriosis), ovarian neoplasm, nongynecologic mass (12 Dec 1998) |
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| cystic polyp | A pedunculated cyst. Synonym: hydatid polyp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic sellar mass | <radiology> Arachnoid cyst, cystic craniopharyngioma, dermoid / epidermoid (12 Dec 1998) |
| cystic vein | <anatomy, vein> Veins, usually anterior and posterior, which drain the neck of the gallbladder and cystic duct, along which they pass to enter the right branch of the portal vein; they communicate extensively with surrounding veins of the stomach, duodenum and pancreas. Synonym: vena cystica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spiral fold of cystic duct | A series of crescentic folds of mucous membrane in the upper part of the cystic duct, arranged in a somewhat spiral manner. Synonym: plica spiralis ductus cystici, Amussat's valve, Heister's valve, spiral valve of cystic duct, valvula spiralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spiral valve of cystic duct | A series of crescentic folds of mucous membrane in the upper part of the cystic duct, arranged in a somewhat spiral manner. Synonym: plica spiralis ductus cystici, Amussat's valve, Heister's valve, spiral valve of cystic duct, valvula spiralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neoplasms, cystic, mucinous, and serous | Neoplasms containing cyst-like formations or producing mucin or serum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ovarian cystic disease | <gynaecology> A painful condition associated with the recurrent formation of large ovarian cysts. Distention of the ovarian capsule causes pain and rupture of a larger cyst can, in rare instances, cause internal bleeding. Treatment often includes hormone manipulation (birth control pills). (05 Jan 1998) |
| kidney, cystic | A kidney containing one or more cysts, including polycystic disease (kidney, polycystic), solitary cyst, multiple simple cysts, and retention cysts (associated with parenchymal scarring). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Luschka's cystic glands | Small, mucous, tubuloalveolar glands in the mucosa of the larger bile ducts and especially in the neck of the gallbladder. Synonym: glandulae mucosae biliosae, Luschka's cystic glands, Theile's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphangioma, cystic | A lymphangioma, often very large, usually occurring in the neck area, and composed of large, multilocular thin-walled cysts. It is also called hygroma or cystic hygroma. (12 Dec 1998) |