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Descriptor English: Pregnancy, Ectopic
Descriptor Spanish: Embarazo Ectópico
Descriptor embarazo ectópico
Scope note: Afección potencialmente mortal en la que el la IMPLANTACIÓN EMBRIONARIA ocurre fuera de la cavidad del ÚTERO. La mayoría de los embarazos ectópicos (más de 96 por ciento) ocurren en las TROMPAS DE FALOPIO y se denominan EMBARAZO TUBÁRICO. Se pueden dar en otras localizaciones, como el CUELLO UTERINO, el OVARIO y la cavidad abdominal (EMBARAZO ABDOMINAL).
Descriptor Portuguese: Gravidez Ectópica
Descriptor French: Grossesse extra-utérine
Entry term(s): Ectopic Pregnancies
Ectopic Pregnancy
Extrauterine Pregnancies
Extrauterine Pregnancy
Pregnancies, Ectopic
Pregnancies, Extrauterine
Pregnancy, Extrauterine
Tree number(s): C12.050.703.733
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011271
Scope note: A potentially life-threatening condition in which EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs outside the cavity of the UTERUS. Most ectopic pregnancies (>96%) occur in the FALLOPIAN TUBES, known as TUBAL PREGNANCY. They can be in other locations, such as UTERINE CERVIX; OVARY; and abdominal cavity (PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL).
Annotation: check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HETEROTOPIC is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
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
Entry Version: PREGN ECTOPIC
DeCS ID: 11694
Unique ID: D011271
NLM Classification: WQ 220
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/06
Pregnancy, Ectopic - Preferred
Concept UI M0017499
Scope note A potentially life-threatening condition in which EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs outside the cavity of the UTERUS. Most ectopic pregnancies (>96%) occur in the FALLOPIAN TUBES, known as TUBAL PREGNANCY. They can be in other locations, such as UTERINE CERVIX; OVARY; and abdominal cavity (PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL).
Preferred term Pregnancy, Ectopic
Entry term(s) Ectopic Pregnancies
Ectopic Pregnancy
Extrauterine Pregnancies
Extrauterine Pregnancy
Pregnancies, Ectopic
Pregnancies, Extrauterine
Pregnancy, Extrauterine



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