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Descriptor English: Ureterocele
Descriptor Spanish: Ureterocele
Descriptor ureterocele
Scope note: Dilatación quística del uréter con balonamiento del orificio ureteral al interior de la luz vesical.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ureterocele
Descriptor French: Urétérocèle
Entry term(s): Ureteroceles
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.968.725.876
C12.200.777.725.876
C12.950.725.876
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014518
Scope note: A cystic dilatation of the end of a URETER as it enters into the URINARY BLADDER. It is characterized by the ballooning of the ureteral orifice into the lumen of the bladder and may obstruct urine flow.
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: 68
History Note: 68(63)
DeCS ID: 14917
Unique ID: D014518
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Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Ureterocele - Preferred
Concept UI M0022328
Scope note A cystic dilatation of the end of a URETER as it enters into the URINARY BLADDER. It is characterized by the ballooning of the ureteral orifice into the lumen of the bladder and may obstruct urine flow.
Preferred term Ureterocele
Entry term(s) Ureteroceles



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