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Descriptor English: Cellulitis
Descriptor Spanish: Celulitis (Flemón)
Descriptor celulitis (flemón)
Scope note: Inflamación aguda, difusa y supurativa del tejido conjuntivo laxo, particularmente del tejido subcutáneo profundo, y en ocasiones del músculo. Suele producirse como resultado de la infección de una herida, una úlcera u otras lesiones cutáneas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Celulite (Flegmão)
Descriptor French: Cellulite sous-cutanée
Entry term(s): Phlegmon
Tree number(s): C01.800.130
C01.830.200
C17.300.185
C23.550.470.756.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002481
Scope note: An acute, diffuse, and suppurative inflammation of loose connective tissue, particularly the deep subcutaneous tissues, and sometimes muscle, which is most commonly seen as a result of infection of a wound, ulcer, or other skin lesions.
Annotation: in French literature "cellulite" can be CELLULITE or CELLULITIS
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: PHLEGMON was heading 1963-78
Online Note: use CELLULITIS to search PHLEGMON 1966-78
History Note: PHLEGMON was heading 1963-78
Related: Cellulite MeSH
DeCS ID: 2515
Unique ID: D002481
NLM Classification: WR 220
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/04/21
Cellulitis - Preferred
Concept UI M0003788
Scope note An acute, diffuse, and suppurative inflammation of loose connective tissue, particularly the deep subcutaneous tissues, and sometimes muscle, which is most commonly seen as a result of infection of a wound, ulcer, or other skin lesions.
Preferred term Cellulitis
Phlegmon - Narrower
Concept UI M0003789
Preferred term Phlegmon



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