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Cyst

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  1. Description
    1. Circumscribed, thick-walled lesion deep within skin
    2. Covered by normal Epidermis
    3. Contain fluid or semisolid material

Cyst (C0010709)

Definition (MSH)Any fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM. Cysts can be of normal, abnormal, non-neoplastic, or neoplastic tissues.
Definition (NCI)(sist) A sac or capsule filled with fluid.
ConceptsAnatomical Abnormality (T190)
MSHD003560
EnglishCyst, Cyst - morphology, Cyst -RETIRED-, Cystic, Cysts
Spanishquiste, quiste - RETIRADO -
Parent ConceptsBenign Neoplasm (C0086692), Disorders, General, Functional and NEC (C0549512), Neoplasms (C0027651), Pathological Conditions, Anatomical (C0752135), Other Finding (C1335151), Mechanical abnormality (C0333010), Mass of body structure (C0577559), Duplicate concept (C1274013), Ambiguous concept (C1274012)
SourcesAOD, COSTAR, CST, LCH, MSH, MTH, NCI, NDFRT, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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