osteocystoma

osteocystoma

 [os″te-o-sis-to´mah]

a bone cyst.

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sol·i·tar·y bone cyst

a unilocular cyst containing serous fluid and lined with a thin layer of connective tissue, occurring usually in the shaft of a long bone in a child.

Synonym(s): idiopathic bone cavity, osteocystoma, simple bone cyst, traumatic bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst

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osteocystoma

(1) A nonspecific term for a cyst within a bone. 
(2) Unicameral bone cyst, see there.

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sol·i·tar·y bone cyst

(sol'i-tar-ē bōn sist)

A unilocular cyst containing serous fluid lined with a thin layer of connective tissue, occurring usually in the shaft of a long bone in a child.
Synonym(s): osteocystoma, unicameral bone cyst.

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