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Descriptor English: Orbital Myositis
Descriptor Spanish: Miositis Orbitaria
Descriptor miositis orbitaria
Entry term(s) miositis de la órbita
miositis orbital
Scope note: Inflamación de los músculos extraoculares de los ojos. Se caracteriza por la presencia de hinchazón que puede dar lugar a isquemia, fibrosis o al PSEUDOTUMOR ORBITARIO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Miosite Orbital
Descriptor French: Myosite orbitaire
Entry term(s): Myositides, Orbital
Myositis, Orbital
Orbital Myositides
Tree number(s): C05.651.594.728
C10.668.491.562.537
C11.675.426
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055622
Scope note: Inflammation of the extraocular muscle of the eye. It is characterized by swelling which can lead to ischemia, fibrosis, or ORBITAL PSEUDOTUMOR.
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: Myositis (1966-1991)
Orbital Diseases (1981-2008)
Orbital Pseudotumor (1992-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL 1992-2008
History Note: 2009; use GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL 1992-2008
DeCS ID: 53073
Unique ID: D055622
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Orbital Myositis - Preferred
Concept UI M0518960
Scope note Inflammation of the extraocular muscle of the eye. It is characterized by swelling which can lead to ischemia, fibrosis, or ORBITAL PSEUDOTUMOR.
Preferred term Orbital Myositis
Entry term(s) Myositides, Orbital
Myositis, Orbital
Orbital Myositides



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