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Descriptor English: Hernia, Umbilical
Descriptor Spanish: Hernia Umbilical
Descriptor hernia umbilical
Entry term(s) exónfalo
onfalocele
Scope note: HERNIA debida a cierre imperfecto o debilidad del anillo umbilical. Se presenta como una protrusión recubierta por piel en el área del OMBLIGO al llorar, toser o hacer esfuerzos. La hernia generalmente contiene EPIPLÓN o INTESTINO DELGADO. La gran mayoría de las hernias umbilicales son congénitas pero pueden ser adquiridas por distensión abdominal intensa.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hérnia Umbilical
Descriptor French: Hernie ombilicale
Entry term(s): Exomphalos
Hernias, Umbilical
Omphalocele
Omphaloceles
Umbilical Hernia
Umbilical Hernias
Tree number(s): C16.614.378
C23.300.707.374.937.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006554
Scope note: A HERNIA due to an imperfect closure or weakness of the umbilical ring. It appears as a skin-covered protrusion at the UMBILICUS during crying, coughing, or straining. The hernia generally consists of OMENTUM or SMALL INTESTINE. The vast majority of umbilical hernias are congenital but can be acquired due to severe abdominal distention.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 80; was UMBILICAL HERNIA 1963-79
Online Note: use HERNIA, UMBILICAL to search UMBILICAL HERNIA 1966-79
History Note: 80; was UMBILICAL HERNIA 1963-79
Related: Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome MeSH
DeCS ID: 6713
Unique ID: D006554
NLM Classification: WI 955
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Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Hernia, Umbilical - Preferred
Concept UI M0010269
Scope note A HERNIA due to an imperfect closure or weakness of the umbilical ring. It appears as a skin-covered protrusion at the UMBILICUS during crying, coughing, or straining. The hernia generally consists of OMENTUM or SMALL INTESTINE. The vast majority of umbilical hernias are congenital but can be acquired due to severe abdominal distention.
Preferred term Hernia, Umbilical
Entry term(s) Exomphalos
Hernias, Umbilical
Umbilical Hernia
Umbilical Hernias
Omphalocele - Narrower
Concept UI M0010270
Scope note A congenital defect with major fissure in the ABDOMINAL WALL at the UMBILICUS resulting in the extrusion of VISCERA through the UMBILICUS. Unlike GASTROSCHISIS, omphalocele is covered with PERITONEUM but without overlying SKIN.
Preferred term Omphalocele
Entry term(s) Omphaloceles



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