Definitions
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- noun A protective layer of
fibrous tissue surroundinghydatid parasites in the host
Etymologies
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From peri- + cyst
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Examples
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Subgroups with high risk was patients with jaundice and thick pericyst risk at 73. 2% and patients with thick pericyst, with no jaundice 36.5 years and younger with no past history of LHC risk at 40. 5%.
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Predictive factors were based on pericyst aspect, jaundice, age, past history of liver hydatidosis and morphological Gharbi cyst aspect.
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