Diseases

Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath

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.

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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.

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  • Fibrous Histiocytoma of Tendon Sheath
  • Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
  • Localized Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon Sheath
  • Localized Nodular Tenosynovitis
  • Localized Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
  • Nodular Tenosynovitis
  • Localized Nodular Tenosynovitides
  • Nodular Tenosynovitides
  • Nodular Tenosynovitides, Localized
  • Nodular Tenosynovitis, Localized
  • Tenosynovitides, Localized Nodular
  • Tenosynovitides, Nodular
  • Tenosynovitis, Localized Nodular
  • Tenosynovitis, Nodular

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2017

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Previous Indexing

  • Giant Cell Tumors (1978-2016)
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms (1976-2016)

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  1. C04w.557.450.565w.380.690w
  2. C05w.550w.870w.445w
  3. C05w.651w.869w.762w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000070779. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000070779
  2. Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenosynovial_giant_cell_tumor
  3. Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2067052