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Descriptor English: Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans
Descriptor Spanish: Balanitis Xerótica Obliterante
Descriptor balanitis xerótica obliterante
Entry term(s) craurosis del pene
Scope note: Lesión atrófica y esclerosante de la cabeza del PENE, el glande. A veces da lugar a estenosis y ocasionalmente a obliteración del meato urinario externo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Balanite Xerótica Obliterante
Descriptor French: Balanite scléreuse oblitérante
Entry term(s): Kraurosis Penis
Tree number(s): C12.100.500.494.136.500
C12.200.294.494.136.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D052798
Scope note: An atrophic and sclerotic condition of the head of the PENIS, glans penis. Sometimes it leads to stenosis and occasionally obliteration of the external meatal orifice.
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: Balanitis (1967-2006)
Public MeSH Note: 2007; see BALANITIS 1963-2006
History Note: 2007; use BALANITIS 1963-2006
DeCS ID: 52121
Unique ID: D052798
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 2006/07/05
Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans - Preferred
Concept UI M0002152
Scope note An atrophic and sclerotic condition of the head of the PENIS, glans penis. Sometimes it leads to stenosis and occasionally obliteration of the external meatal orifice.
Preferred term Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans
Entry term(s) Kraurosis Penis



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