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Descriptor English: Rheumatoid Nodule
Descriptor Spanish: Nódulo Reumatoide
Descriptor nódulo reumatoide
Scope note: Nódulos subcutáneos que se producen en el 20-30 por ciento de los pacientes con artritis reumatoide. Pueden aparecer en cualquier parte del cuerpo, pero son más frecuentes sobre las prominencias óseas. Histológicamente se caracterizan por áreas densas de necrosis fibrinoide con estrías y gránulos basófilos, rodeados por células en empalizada, principalmente fibroblastos e histiocitos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nódulo Reumatoide
Descriptor French: Nodule rhumatoïde
Entry term(s): Nodule, Rheumatoid
Nodules, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Nodules
Rheumatoid Noduloses
Rheumatoid Nodulosis
Tree number(s): C05.550.114.154.683
C05.799.114.683
C17.300.775.099.683
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012218
Scope note: Subcutaneous nodules seen in 20-30% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. They may arise anywhere on the body, but are most frequently found over the bony prominences. The nodules are characterized histologically by dense areas of fibrinoid necrosis with basophilic streaks and granules, surrounded by a palisade of cells, mainly fibroblasts and histiocytes.
Annotation: in rheum arthritis; do not confuse with RHEUMATIC NODULE in rheum fever
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
History Note: 67(63)
DeCS ID: 12629
Unique ID: D012218
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Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Rheumatoid Nodule - Preferred
Concept UI M0019017
Scope note Subcutaneous nodules seen in 20-30% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. They may arise anywhere on the body, but are most frequently found over the bony prominences. The nodules are characterized histologically by dense areas of fibrinoid necrosis with basophilic streaks and granules, surrounded by a palisade of cells, mainly fibroblasts and histiocytes.
Preferred term Rheumatoid Nodule
Entry term(s) Nodule, Rheumatoid
Nodules, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Nodules
Rheumatoid Noduloses
Rheumatoid Nodulosis



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