(n.) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
(n.) In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.
(n.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores.
(n.) A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc.
(n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.
Example Sentences:
(1) However it is important to recognize these cysts so that correct surgical management is offered to the patient.
(2) The increase in red blood cell mass was associated with an elevation in erythropoietic stimulatory activity in serum, pleural fluid, and tumor-cyst fluid as determined by the exhypoxic polycythemic mouse assay.
(3) Diagnostic work-up and management of intracranial arachnoid cysts are still controversial.
(4) The position of the cyst supports the theory that branchial cysts are congenital in origin.
(5) These cases show that an examination of the whole neuraxis is as important in patients with midline posterior fossa cysts as it is in patients with developmental syringomyelia or Chiari I malformation.
(6) The exception to this rule is a cyst which can be safely aspirated under controlled conditions.
(7) Aneurysmal bone cyst is an uncommon benign lesion that rarely presents in the craniofacial region.
(8) It is especially efficacious in evaluating patients with cystic lesions, especially those with complex cysts not clearly of water density.
(9) In cases in which CT was also performed, it revealed corresponding hypodensities in two infarctions, but failed to reveal the foci of gliosis (or noncavital infarction), demyelination, or brain cyst.
(10) This light microscopic comparison of viable FDA- and nonviable PI-stained cysts of G. muris demonstrates that 2 types of cysts can be distinguished and implies that structural differences can be used to identify these subpopulations of cysts.
(11) Quantitative measurements of image contrast were carried out for B-mode images of anechoic spheres (cysts) embedded in a random scattering medium.
(12) The resistance of GSA 65 to proteolytic degradation, together with previous immunofluorescence data that indicate the antigen is an integral part of the G. lamblia cyst wall, suggests that this molecule may play a role in maintaining the integrity of the cyst in vivo.
(13) Radiographic examination revealed that three of the cysts had increased is size, three had decreased in size, three had not changed in size, and two had disappeared; no evaluation could be made on two.
(14) Zinc alpha-2 glycoprotein (ZnGP) was measured in human breast microcysts, breast secretions, breast cyst fluid and serum.
(15) The diagnosis of meningeal cyst was confirmed in a non-invasive way by MRI showing a mass with the same signal intensities as CSF on both T1 and T2 weighted images.
(16) Furthermore, the different types of adrenal cysts reported in the literature and the differential diagnosis from other adrenal cystic lesions, mainly tumors and infections, are discussed.
(17) Splenectomy is the operation of choice for cysts of the spleen in children.
(18) The concentration of potassium (K+) and sodium (Na+) was measured in breast cyst fluid (BCF) from 611 cysts greater than 3 ml aspirated in 520 women with gross cystic disease of the breast.
(19) Although bronchogenic cysts may involve the mediastinum, they have rarely been responsible for significant upper airway obstruction.
(20) Radiographically the bone cyst distinguishes itself by its central localisation in the metaphysis, where as the giant cell tumor has an excentric position in the epiphysis with a tendency of extending into the metaphysis.
Polyp
Definition:
(n.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
(n.) One of the Anthozoa.
(n.) Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid.
Example Sentences:
(1) The frequency of gastric malignancies in the families of the women with gastric polyps was higher than in the controls and in men, 6.2, 3.1 and 2.4 percent, respectively (p less than 0.05, and p less than 0.025).
(2) In 20 patients (18.2%), visualization revealed uterine abnormalities, mainly newly added endometrial lesions, i.e., hyperplasia, polyps, endometritis, and synechiae.
(3) In the latter groups, specimens were taken from both polyp tissue and adjacent nasal mucosa.
(4) Age, histological type, number or location of the index diminutive polyps, were not associated with proximal lesions.
(5) In this paper, 5 patients with benign tumor (3 tubular adenoma, 1 leiomyoma and 1 fibroma) and 35 pseudotumor (26 cholesterol polyps and 9 inflammatory polyps) of the gallbladder are presented.
(6) The indication to lipomas removal is based on clinical remarks and differential diagnosis with adenomatous polyps.
(7) Genetic relations of skin tags, colon polyps, and colon cancer are a matter of ongoing research.
(8) Of 14 reported cases of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome associated with intestinal carcinoma, in only two was the tumor shown to originate in the polyp.
(9) Examples include the specific pattern of hypodontia seen before the development of iris dysplasia in Rieger syndrome, and the presence of supernumerary teeth and facial osteomas preceding malignant transformation of intestinal polyps in Gardner syndrome.
(10) All patients with distal polyps detected during flexible sigmoidoscopy underwent colonoscopy.
(11) Findings included squamous epithelium with acute and chronic inflammation, foreign body granuloma and aural polyps.
(12) Nine of these 10 patients had juvenile polyposis defined by the presence of at least three juvenile polyps; and eight of the nine had a family history of juvenile polyps.
(13) Eradication of the pedunculated and narrow-based polyps in stomach was almost totally successful by injection into the base.
(14) Included in the study were 193 small polyps, 0.5 cm in diameter, diagnosed on rectoromanoscopy and removed by mechanical way from 182 patients at the Proctologic Unit of the Department of Gastroenterology.
(15) Despite the fact that this approach has several caveats, consistent results obtained in short-term studies would more readily justify the undertaking of a large-scale, long-term controlled study using colon cancer or adenomatous polyp recurrence as an endpoint.
(16) After the polyp was removed, the cells decreased appreciably in number.
(17) Neoplasia was present in 22% of DPs located less than 60 cm from the anus, 73% of proximally located small polyps, and 32% of all DPs.
(18) Non-neoplastic polyps included 32 inflammatory polyps, 32 metaplastic polyps, 27 juvenile polyps and 17 Peutz-Jeghers type polyps.
(19) Polyps were detected ultrasonographically, but one third of them were overlooked by either cholecystography or CT. Nomenclature, pathological classification and management of the lesions are discussed.
(20) Every second polyp in the same region proved to be adenoma.