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cyst

Hollow cavity in an animal or plant, lined with epithelium and usually filled with fluid. Cysts may be normal, for example the urinary bladder, or pathological, for example an ovarian cyst.



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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] Radiographic findings at this stage may include joint space narrowing, osseous erosions, subchondral cysts, sclerosis, and osteophytosis.
This constellation of imaging features is helpful in differentiating an intraosseous ganglion from other radiolucent epiphyseal lesions such as chondroblastoma, giant cell tumor, simple bone cyst, clear cell chondrosarcoma (in older patients), and subchondral cyst or geode, which occurs in the setting of arthritis.
Subchondral cysts were noted to involve the bilateral capitates, the left hamate, and the right scaphoid.
 
 
 
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