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What is a pseudocyst?

What is a pseudocyst? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A pathological collection of fluid, differing from a cyst in lacking a clearly-defined epithelial cell layer.
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Chronic abdominal pain is a rare presentation of a benign cystic lesion and suggests a malignancy or a pseudocyst.
This accumulation of pancreatic juices is known as a pseudocyst.
The pseudocyst was five centimeters at the time I was discharged.
After being assessed by the registrar, it was thought she had a pancreatitis with a possible pancreatic pseudocyst.
A large pseudocyst that ruptures, becomes infected, or hemorrhages requires drainage of the cyst cavity.
However, the wall of the pseudocyst, by definition, should be composed of connective tissue devoid of epithelial lining.

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