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MeSH Heading: Cysts
Tree Number(s): C04.182; C23.300.306
Unique ID: D003560
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003560
Annotation: coord with organ/diseases term; specific terms indented under CYSTS are either neoplastic or non-neopl: check under each; intestinal gas cysts = PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OF LUNG, CONGENITAL is also available
Scope Note: Any fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM. Cysts can be of normal, abnormal, non-neoplastic, or neoplastic tissues.
Entry Term(s): Cyst
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Cysts MeSH Descriptor Data 2024