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Descriptor English: Synovial Cyst
Descriptor Spanish: Quiste Sinovial
Descriptor quiste sinovial
Scope note: Lesión nodular, no neoplásica, que se desarrolla en los tejidos periarticulares y que se forma a partir de la MEMBRANA SINOVIAL articular y a través de la CÁPSULA ARTICULAR. Está relleno de LÍQUIDO SINOVIAL de aspecto transparente. Puede desarrollarse en cualquier articulación, pero una localización muy frecuente es en el dorso de la rodilla, donde se conoce como QUISTE POPLÍTEO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cisto Sinovial
Descriptor French: Kyste synovial
Entry term(s): Cyst, Synovial
Cysts, Synovial
Synovial Cysts
Tree number(s): C04.182.867
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013581
Scope note: Non-neoplastic tumor-like lesions at joints, developed from the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE of a joint through the JOINT CAPSULE into the periarticular tissues. They are filled with SYNOVIAL FLUID with a smooth and translucent appearance. A synovial cyst can develop from any joint, but most commonly at the back of the knee, where it is known as POPLITEAL CYST.
Annotation: non-neoplastic; also available GANGLION CYSTS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
BS blood supply
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 13962
Unique ID: D013581
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Synovial Cyst - Preferred
Concept UI M0020960
Scope note Non-neoplastic tumor-like lesions at joints, developed from the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE of a joint through the JOINT CAPSULE into the periarticular tissues. They are filled with SYNOVIAL FLUID with a smooth and translucent appearance. A synovial cyst can develop from any joint, but most commonly at the back of the knee, where it is known as POPLITEAL CYST.
Preferred term Synovial Cyst
Entry term(s) Cyst, Synovial
Cysts, Synovial
Synovial Cysts



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