Pseudocysts are like cysts, but lack epithelial or endothelial cells. Initial management consists of general supportive care. Symptoms and complications caused by pseudocysts require surgery. Computed tomography (CT) scans are used for initial imaging of cysts, and endoscopic ultrasounds are used in differentiating between cysts and pseudocysts. E...
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1. An accumulation of fluid in a cystlike loculus, but without an epithelial or other membranous lining. ... Synonym: adventitious cyst, false cyst. ... 2. A cyst whose wall is formed by a host cell and not by a parasite. ... 3. A mass of 50 or more Toxoplasma bradyzoites, found within a host cell, frequently in the brain; formerly called a pseudoc...
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(soo´do-sist″) an abnormal or dilated cavity resembling a true cyst but not lined with epithelium. a cluster of small comma-shaped forms of Toxoplasma gondii, sometimes containing thousands of organisms within an irregular wall; it represents a resting stage, as opposed to the active, motile stage. P...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sū′dō-sist Definitions: 1. An accumulation of fluid in a cystlike loculus, but without an epithelial or other membranous lining. 2. A cyst the wall of which is formed by a host cell and not by a parasite. 3. A mass of 50 or more Toxoplasma bradyzoites, found within a host cell, frequently in the brain; form...
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Term sometimes used to describe the enlarged host cell when infected with Toxoplasma. Can refer to all cells infected i.e. tachyzoite and bradyzoites or just to the tachyzoite infected cells. The origin of the term comes from the lack of a distinct wall or membrane around the cell as in the cysts of Balantidium and sarcocysts of Sarcocystis.
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