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Descriptor English: Polychondritis, Relapsing
Descriptor Spanish: Policondritis Recurrente
Descriptor policondritis recurrente
Entry term(s) policondritis atrófica crónica
Scope note: Enfermedad adquirida, de etiología desconocida, curso crónico, y tendencia a recurrir. Se caracteriza por inflamación y degeneración de los cartílagos y puede producir deformidades como orejas colgantes o flácidas y nariz en silla de montar. La pérdida del cartílago en las vías respiratorias puede dar lugar a obstrucción respiratoria.
Descriptor Portuguese: Policondrite Recidivante
Descriptor French: Polychondrite chronique atrophiante
Entry term(s): Atrophic Polychondritides, Chronic
Atrophic Polychondritis, Chronic
Chronic Atrophic Polychondritides
Chronic Atrophic Polychondritis
Polychondritides, Chronic Atrophic
Polychondritides, Relapsing
Polychondritis, Chronic Atrophic
Relapsing Polychondritides
Relapsing Polychondritis
Tree number(s): C05.182.531
C17.300.182.531
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011081
Scope note: An acquired disease of unknown etiology, chronic course, and tendency to recur. It is characterized by inflammation and degeneration of cartilage and can result in deformities such as floppy ear and saddle nose. Loss of cartilage in the respiratory tract can lead to respiratory obstruction.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
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
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(67)
DeCS ID: 11515
Unique ID: D011081
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Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1992/05/22
Polychondritis, Relapsing - Preferred
Concept UI M0017161
Scope note An acquired disease of unknown etiology, chronic course, and tendency to recur. It is characterized by inflammation and degeneration of cartilage and can result in deformities such as floppy ear and saddle nose. Loss of cartilage in the respiratory tract can lead to respiratory obstruction.
Preferred term Polychondritis, Relapsing
Entry term(s) Atrophic Polychondritides, Chronic
Atrophic Polychondritis, Chronic
Chronic Atrophic Polychondritides
Chronic Atrophic Polychondritis
Polychondritides, Chronic Atrophic
Polychondritides, Relapsing
Polychondritis, Chronic Atrophic
Relapsing Polychondritides
Relapsing Polychondritis



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