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Descriptor English: Granuloma
Descriptor Spanish: Granuloma
Descriptor granuloma
Scope note: Lesión inflamatoria nodular relativamente pequeña que contiene fagocitos mononucleares agrupados, producida por agentes infecciosos y no infecciosos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Granuloma
Descriptor French: Granulome
Entry term(s): Granulomas
Tree number(s): C15.604.515.292
C23.550.382
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006099
Scope note: A relatively small nodular inflammatory lesion containing grouped mononuclear phagocytes, caused by infectious and noninfectious agents.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with organ/disease; malignant of nose equals GRANULOMA, LETHAL MIDLINE; central giant cell granuloma equals GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; granulomatous disease or granulomatous disease of childhood equals GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; cholesterol granuloma equals GRANULOMA, FOREIGN BODY and CHOLESTEROL; talc granuloma equals GRANULOMA, FOREIGN BODY /etiol (not/chem ind) and TALC /adv eff; xanthogranuloma equals XANTHOMATOSIS and GRANULOMA but XANTHOGRANULOMA, JUVENILE is available
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
Related: Tuberculoma MeSH
DeCS ID: 6250
Unique ID: D006099
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Granuloma - Preferred
Concept UI M0009605
Scope note A relatively small nodular inflammatory lesion containing grouped mononuclear phagocytes, caused by infectious and noninfectious agents.
Preferred term Granuloma
Entry term(s) Granulomas



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