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Descriptor English: Capsule Opacification
Descriptor Spanish: Opacificación Capsular
Descriptor opacificación capsular
Entry term(s) opacificación de la capsula
Scope note: Enturbiamiento o pérdida de la transparencia de la cápsula posterior del cristalino, generalmente tras la extracción de una CATARATA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Opacificação da Cápsula
Descriptor French: Opacification de la capsule postérieure
Entry term(s): Capsule Opacifications
Cataract, Secondary
Cataracts, Secondary
Opacification, Capsule
Opacifications, Capsule
Secondary Cataract
Secondary Cataracts
Tree number(s): C11.510.245.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058442
Scope note: Clouding or loss of transparency of the posterior lens capsule, usually following CATARACT extraction.
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: Lens, Crystalline/pathology (1985-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 53974
Unique ID: D058442
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Capsule Opacification - Preferred
Concept UI M0542394
Scope note Clouding or loss of transparency of the posterior lens capsule, usually following CATARACT extraction.
Preferred term Capsule Opacification
Entry term(s) Capsule Opacifications
Cataract, Secondary
Cataracts, Secondary
Opacification, Capsule
Opacifications, Capsule
Secondary Cataract
Secondary Cataracts



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