Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, one of many more or less imperfectly spherical bodies produced by the breaking up of the protoplasm of the filaments in certain of the Protophyta.
- noun In botany: The vegetative cell of any of the blue-green algæ.
- noun In some sporozoans, a structure which is formed from the residual protoplasm left after the sporoblasts are separated off and which by swelling causes the true cyst-wall to burst asunder, thus setting free the spores.
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- noun medicine A
pathological collection offluid , differing from acyst in lacking a clearly-definedepithelial cell layer.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The NAVIX (TM) Device is an advanced endoscopy system, consisting of a multi-lumen catheter with a trocar, anchor and dilation balloons and two guidewire ports, designed to enable secure access, dilation and delivery of guidewires for pseudocyst and abscess drainage procedures.
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We present a case of pancreatic cyst with no typical features of pseudocyst in the medical interview, treated by Child's subtotal pancreatectomy by reason of the high risk of neoplasia suggested by radiological and endoscopic examinations.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Aleksandra Gintowt 2009
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Pts (n = 14) randomized to an EUS underwent successful drainage (100\%), the procedure was technically successful in only 5 of 15 patients (33\%) randomized to an EGD All 10 pts who failed drainage by EGD underwent successful drainage of the pseudocyst on a crossover to EUS.
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Slide 9: Imaging of EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage
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Slide 8: Pancreatic Pseudocyst Drainage: EUS vs EGD Thirty patients were randomized to undergo pseudocyst drainage by EUS (n = 15) or EGD (n = 15) over a 6-month period.
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Slide 8: Pancreatic Pseudocyst Drainage: EUS vs EGD Thirty patients were randomized to undergo pseudocyst drainage by EUS (n = 15) or EGD (n = 15) over a 6-month period.
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Slide 9: Imaging of EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage
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Pts (n = 14) randomized to an EUS underwent successful drainage (100\%), the procedure was technically successful in only 5 of 15 patients (33\%) randomized to an EGD All 10 pts who failed drainage by EGD underwent successful drainage of the pseudocyst on a crossover to EUS.
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