Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath
"Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A tumor arising in the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; or TENDON sheath. It is characterized by OSTEOCLAST-like GIANT CELLS; FOAM CELLS; pigmented HEMOSIDERIN-laden MACROPHAGES and inflammatory infiltrate. It is classified either as diffuse or localized tenosynovitis.
| Descriptor ID |
D000070779
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.565.380.690 C05.550.870.445 C05.651.869.762
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| Concept/Terms |
Localized Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon Sheath- Localized Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon Sheath
- Localized Nodular Tenosynovitis
- Localized Nodular Tenosynovitides
- Nodular Tenosynovitides, Localized
- Nodular Tenosynovitis, Localized
- Tenosynovitides, Localized Nodular
- Tenosynovitis, Localized Nodular
- Localized Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
- Nodular Tenosynovitis
- Nodular Tenosynovitides
- Tenosynovitides, Nodular
- Tenosynovitis, Nodular
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