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Descriptor English: Pleural Neoplasms
Descriptor Spanish: Neoplasias Pleurales
Descriptor neoplasias pleurales
Entry term(s) mesotelioma pleural
tumores de la pleura
Scope note: Neoplasias de la fina membrana serosa que envuelve a los pulmones y reviste la cavidad torácica. Las neoplasias pleurales son extremadamente poco frecuentes y generalmente no se diagnostican hasta que están en un estadio avanzado debido a que en las primeras etapas no producen síntomas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Neoplasias Pleurais
Descriptor French: Tumeurs de la plèvre
Entry term(s): Neoplasm, Pleural
Neoplasms, Pleural
Pleural Neoplasm
Tree number(s): C04.588.894.797.640
C08.528.694
C08.785.640
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010997
Scope note: Neoplasms of the thin serous membrane that envelopes the lungs and lines the thoracic cavity. Pleural neoplasms are exceedingly rare and are usually not diagnosed until they are advanced because in the early stages they produce no symptoms.
Annotation: coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
BS blood supply
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
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
SC secondary
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: PLEURAL NEOPL
DeCS ID: 11426
Unique ID: D010997
NLM Classification: WF 700
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1995/06/08
Pleural Neoplasms - Preferred
Concept UI M0017044
Scope note Neoplasms of the thin serous membrane that envelopes the lungs and lines the thoracic cavity. Pleural neoplasms are exceedingly rare and are usually not diagnosed until they are advanced because in the early stages they produce no symptoms.
Preferred term Pleural Neoplasms
Entry term(s) Neoplasm, Pleural
Neoplasms, Pleural
Pleural Neoplasm



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