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Cysts

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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; Bone Cysts; Branchioma; Breast Cyst; Bronchogenic Cyst; Chalazion; Choledochal Cyst; Colloid Cysts; Dermoid Cyst; Epidermal Cyst; Esophageal Cyst; Follicular Cyst; Ganglion Cysts; Lymphocele; Mediastinal Cyst; Mesenteric Cyst; Mucocele; Ovarian Cysts; Pancreatic Cyst; Parovarian Cyst; Pilonidal Sinus; Ranula; Synovial Cyst; Tarlov Cysts; Thyroglossal Cyst; Urachal Cyst 		Other names Cyst
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Ectodermal dysplasia adrenal cyst  0   *Adrenal Gland Diseases *Cysts *Ectodermal Dysplasia.
Sener syndrome  0   *Cysts *Brain Diseases *Ectodermal Dysplasia *Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Microphthalmia associated with colobomatous cyst  0   *Cysts *Coloboma *Microphthalmos.
Van der Woude syndrome  0   *Cysts *Abnormalities, Multiple *Cleft Lip *Cleft Palate Lip/abnormalities.
Polycystic liver disease  0   *Cysts *Liver Diseases.
Cystic medial necrosis of aorta  0   *Cysts *Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic.
Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts  0   *Cysts *Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases.

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