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Descriptor English: Rheumatic Nodule
Descriptor Spanish: Nódulo Reumático
Descriptor nódulo reumático
Entry term(s) cuerpos de Aschoff
Scope note: Nódulos redondos u ovales, de tamaño pequeño, principalmente subcutáneos, constituidos principalmente por masas de cuerpos de Aschoff, que aparecen en la fiebre reumática. Son distintos de los NÓDULOS REUMATOIDES que aparecen en la artritis reumatoide, con mayor frecuencia sobre las prominencias óseas. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Nódulo Reumático
Descriptor French: Nodosité rhumatismale
Entry term(s): Aschoff Bodies
Bodies, Aschoff
Nodule, Rheumatic
Nodules, Rheumatic
Rheumatic Nodules
Tree number(s): C05.550.114.843.566
C05.799.825.566
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012215
Scope note: A small round or oval, mostly subcutaneous nodule made up chiefly of a mass of Aschoff bodies and seen in cases of rheumatic fever. It is differentiated from the RHEUMATOID NODULE which appears in rheumatoid arthritis, most frequently over bony prominences. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Annotation: in rheum fever; do not confuse with RHEUMATOID NODULE in rheum arthritis
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: 67
Online Note: use RHEUMATIC NODULE to search ASCHOFF BODIES 1967-78
History Note: 67; ASCHOFF BODIES was see under RHEUMATIC NODULE 1967-78
DeCS ID: 12626
Unique ID: D012215
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1994/05/24
Rheumatic Nodule - Preferred
Concept UI M0019013
Scope note A small round or oval, mostly subcutaneous nodule made up chiefly of a mass of Aschoff bodies and seen in cases of rheumatic fever. It is differentiated from the RHEUMATOID NODULE which appears in rheumatoid arthritis, most frequently over bony prominences. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Preferred term Rheumatic Nodule
Entry term(s) Nodule, Rheumatic
Nodules, Rheumatic
Rheumatic Nodules
Aschoff Bodies - Narrower
Concept UI M0019012
Preferred term Aschoff Bodies
Entry term(s) Bodies, Aschoff



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