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Descriptor English: Psoas Abscess
Descriptor Spanish: Absceso del Psoas
Descriptor absceso del psoas
Entry term(s) absceso del iliopsoas
Scope note: Abceso del MÚSCULO PSOAS que suele deberse a una enfermedad de las vértebras lumbares; el pus desciende por la vaina muscular. La infección suele ser tuberculosa o estafilocócica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Abscesso do Psoas
Descriptor French: Abcès du psoas
Entry term(s): Abscess, Iliopsoas
Abscess, Psoas
Abscess, Pyogenic Iliopsoas
Abscesses, Iliopsoas
Abscesses, Psoas
Abscesses, Pyogenic Iliopsoas
Iliopsoas Abscess
Iliopsoas Abscess, Pyogenic
Iliopsoas Abscesses
Iliopsoas Abscesses, Pyogenic
Psoas Abscesses
Pyogenic Iliopsoas Abscess
Pyogenic Iliopsoas Abscesses
Tree number(s): C01.830.025.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016659
Scope note: Abscess of the PSOAS MUSCLES resulting usually from disease of the lumbar vertebrae, with the pus descending into the muscle sheath. The infection is most commonly tuberculous or staphylococcal.
Annotation: for coord read note on ABSCESS
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
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Abscess (1968-1991)
Muscular Diseases (1968-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 29859
Unique ID: D016659
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/02/11
Revision Date: 2002/07/02
Psoas Abscess - Preferred
Concept UI M0025386
Scope note Abscess of the PSOAS MUSCLES resulting usually from disease of the lumbar vertebrae, with the pus descending into the muscle sheath. The infection is most commonly tuberculous or staphylococcal.
Preferred term Psoas Abscess
Entry term(s) Abscess, Iliopsoas
Abscess, Psoas
Abscess, Pyogenic Iliopsoas
Abscesses, Iliopsoas
Abscesses, Psoas
Abscesses, Pyogenic Iliopsoas
Iliopsoas Abscess
Iliopsoas Abscess, Pyogenic
Iliopsoas Abscesses
Iliopsoas Abscesses, Pyogenic
Psoas Abscesses
Pyogenic Iliopsoas Abscess
Pyogenic Iliopsoas Abscesses



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