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.
Normal pregnancies develop inside a woman's uterus. Ectopic means out of place. In an ectopic pregnancy, a fertilized egg attaches to the wrong place in a woman's body. In most ectopic pregnancies, the egg attaches to the woman's fallopian tube. Rarely, ectopic pregnancies can take place in other parts of a woman's body â like on the cervix, ovary, or somewhere else in a woman's abdomen.