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Preferred term

Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Fibrous Histiocytoma of Tendon Sheath
  • Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J4W8RQTG-C

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