See Also: giant cell tumour of tendon sheath(medicine)
giant cell tumour(medicine)
giant cell tumour of bone(medicine)
malignant giant cell tumour(medicine)
tendon sheath(medicine)
synovial tendon sheath(medicine)
tendon sheath syndrome(medicine)
mucous sheath of tendon(medicine)
common peroneal tendon sheath(medicine)
tendon sheath of superior oblique muscle(medicine)

giant cell tumour of tendon sheath (medicine)


giant cell tumour of tendon sheath


A nodule, possibly inflammatory in nature, arising commonly from the flexor sheath of the fingers and thumb; composed of fibrous tissue, lipid-and haemosiderin-containing macrophages, and multinucleated giant cells.

Synonym: localised nodular tenosynovitis.