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Descriptor English: Glomus Tympanicum
Descriptor Spanish: Glomo Timpánico
Descriptor glomo timpánico
Entry term(s) glomus timpanicum
glomus timpánico
Scope note: Cuerpo ovoide, altamente vascularizado, de tejido quimiorreceptor dispuesto al lado de la CAVIDAD TIMPÁNICA. Deriva del tejido de la CRESTA NEURAL y se considera parte del sistema neuroendocrino difuso. Es la localización de una neoplasia rara denominada TUMOR DEL GLOMO TIMPÁNICO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Glomo Timpânico
Descriptor French: Glomus tympanique
Entry term(s): Tympanicum, Glomus
Tree number(s): A06.688.267
A08.675.650.915.500.600.360
A08.713.228
A08.800.950.500.600.360
A09.246.397.400
A11.671.650.915.500.600.360
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D043485
Scope note: A highly vascular ovoid body of chemoreceptive tissue lying adjacent to the TYMPANIC CAVITY. It is derived from NEURAL CREST tissue and is considered part of the diffuse neuroendocrine system. It is the site of a rare neoplasm called a GLOMUS TYMPANICUM TUMOR.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin (1989-2003)
Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal (1965-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see PARAGANGLIA, NONCHROMAFFIN 1994-2003
History Note: 2004; use PARAGANGLIA, NONCHROMAFFIN 1994-2003
DeCS ID: 37761
Unique ID: D043485
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2014/06/13
Glomus Tympanicum - Preferred
Concept UI M0015868
Scope note A highly vascular ovoid body of chemoreceptive tissue lying adjacent to the TYMPANIC CAVITY. It is derived from NEURAL CREST tissue and is considered part of the diffuse neuroendocrine system. It is the site of a rare neoplasm called a GLOMUS TYMPANICUM TUMOR.
Preferred term Glomus Tympanicum
Entry term(s) Tympanicum, Glomus



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