This article reviews what is known about ganglion cyst formation, natural history (50% of cysts will spontaneously resolve), diagnosis, and management of this common malady. Although the exact mechanism of cyst formation is unknown, most current theories hold that extra-articular mucin âdropletsâ coalesce to form the main body of the tumor.
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY Dictionary entry overview: What does ectopic pregnancy mean? â¢ ECTOPIC PREGNANCY (noun) The noun ECTOPIC PREGNANCY has 1 sense: 1. pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus Familiarity information: ECTOPIC PREGNANCY used as a noun is very rare.
Ectopic beat (or cardiac ectopy) is a disturbance of the cardiac rhythm frequently related to the electrical conduction system of the heart, in which beats arise from fibers or group of fibers outside the region in the heart muscle ordinarily responsible for impulse formation (i.e. , the sinoatrial node).