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Descriptor English: Pyloric Stenosis
Descriptor Spanish: Estenosis Pilórica
Descriptor estenosis pilórica
Entry term(s) obstrucción del píloro
obstrucción pilórica
Scope note: Estrechamiento del canal pilórico de diversa etiología. Una forma frecuente, que se da en los lactantes, es la debida a hipertrofia de la musculatura pilórica (ESTENOSIS HIPERTRÓFICA DEL PÍLORO).
Descriptor Portuguese: Estenose Pilórica
Descriptor French: Sténose du pylore
Entry term(s): Pyloric Obstruction
Pylorus Obstruction
Stenosis, Pyloric
Tree number(s): C06.405.748.340.690
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011707
Scope note: Narrowing of the pyloric canal with varied etiology. A common form is due to muscle hypertrophy (PYLORIC STENOSIS, HYPERTROPHIC) seen in infants.
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
DeCS ID: 12142
Unique ID: D011707
NLM Classification: WI 387
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Pyloric Stenosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0018199
Scope note Narrowing of the pyloric canal with varied etiology. A common form is due to muscle hypertrophy (PYLORIC STENOSIS, HYPERTROPHIC) seen in infants.
Preferred term Pyloric Stenosis
Entry term(s) Stenosis, Pyloric
Pyloric Obstruction - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000738045
Preferred term Pyloric Obstruction
Entry term(s) Pylorus Obstruction



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