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Descriptor English: Massive Hepatic Necrosis
Descriptor Spanish: Necrosis Hepática Masiva
Descriptor necrosis hepática masiva
Entry term(s) atrofia amarilla aguda del hígado
hepatitis fulminante
necrosis hepática fulminante
necrosis hepática inducida por fármacos
necrosis hepática submasiva
Scope note: Muerte extensa y rápida de las células parenquimatosas del HÍGADO, con frecuencia debida a la exposición a sustancias tóxicas o a lesiones inducidas por fármacos. Se caracteriza por un aspecto blando y fláccido, color pardo amarillento y disminución del tamaño del hígado. Anteriormente se la denominaba "atrofia amarilla aguda".
Descriptor Portuguese: Necrose Hepática Massiva
Descriptor French: Nécrose hépatique massive
Entry term(s): Acute Yellow Atrophies
Acute Yellow Atrophy
Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver
Drug induced Hepatic Necrosis
Drug-induced Hepatic Necroses
Drug-induced Hepatic Necrosis
Fulminant Hepatitides
Fulminant Hepatitis
Hepatic Necrosis, Drug-induced
Hepatic Necrosis, Massive
Hepatic Necrosis, Submassive
Hepatitis, Fulminant
Necrosis, Drug-induced Hepatic
Necrosis, Submassive Hepatic
Submassive Hepatic Necroses
Submassive Hepatic Necrosis
Yellow Atrophy, Acute
Tree number(s): C06.552.100.600
C06.552.308.500.750.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D047508
Scope note: Extensive and rapid death of parenchymal cells in the LIVER, often due to exposure to toxic materials or drug-induced injury. It is characterized by a soft, flabby, yellow-brown wrinkled, and shrunken liver. It was called "acute yellow atrophy".
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
Previous Indexing: Liver Diseases (1968-2004)
Necrosis (1968-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see LIVER DISEASES 1997-2004
History Note: 2005; use LIVER DISEASES 1997-2004
DeCS ID: 38623
Unique ID: D047508
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Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2019/07/01
Massive Hepatic Necrosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0012643
Scope note Extensive and rapid death of parenchymal cells in the LIVER, often due to exposure to toxic materials or drug-induced injury. It is characterized by a soft, flabby, yellow-brown wrinkled, and shrunken liver. It was called "acute yellow atrophy".
Preferred term Massive Hepatic Necrosis
Entry term(s) Acute Yellow Atrophies
Acute Yellow Atrophy
Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver
Hepatic Necrosis, Massive
Yellow Atrophy, Acute
Submassive Hepatic Necrosis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000649390
Preferred term Submassive Hepatic Necrosis
Entry term(s) Hepatic Necrosis, Submassive
Necrosis, Submassive Hepatic
Submassive Hepatic Necroses
Drug-induced Hepatic Necrosis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000649391
Preferred term Drug-induced Hepatic Necrosis
Entry term(s) Drug induced Hepatic Necrosis
Drug-induced Hepatic Necroses
Hepatic Necrosis, Drug-induced
Necrosis, Drug-induced Hepatic
Fulminant Hepatitis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000649519
Preferred term Fulminant Hepatitis
Entry term(s) Fulminant Hepatitides
Hepatitis, Fulminant



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