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mother cyst

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mother cyst
n.
A cyst, especially a hydatid cyst, that encloses other cysts, occurring most frequently in the liver. Also called parent cyst.


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The natural course of costal echinococcosis starts when the larvae lodge in the rib and buds start vegetating out of the mother cyst to produce a multilocular cavity.
Subsequent to this, the classical imaging appearance of daughter cysts within the mother cyst caused by endocyst invagination may develop, giving rise to a wheel-spoke or rosette appearance.
 
 
 
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