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Descriptor English: Hernia, Femoral
Descriptor Spanish: Hernia Femoral
Descriptor hernia femoral
Scope note: Una hernia inguinal inferior al ligamento inguinal y medial a la VENA FEMORAL y ARTERIA FEMORAL. El saco herniario tiene un cuello estrecho pero puede agrandarse considerablemente al entrar en el tejido subcutáneo del muslo. Está producida por defectos de la PARED ABDOMINAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hérnia Femoral
Descriptor French: Hernie crurale
Entry term(s): Femoral Hernia
Femoral Hernias
Hernias, Femoral
Tree number(s): C23.300.707.374.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006550
Scope note: A groin hernia occurring inferior to the inguinal ligament and medial to the FEMORAL VEIN and FEMORAL ARTERY. The femoral hernia sac has a small neck but may enlarge considerably when it enters the subcutaneous tissue of the thigh. It is caused by defects in the ABDOMINAL WALL.
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
Public MeSH Note: 80; was FEMORAL HERNIA 1963-79
Online Note: use HERNIA, FEMORAL to search FEMORAL HERNIA 1966-79
History Note: 80; was FEMORAL HERNIA 1963-79
DeCS ID: 6709
Unique ID: D006550
NLM Classification: WI 965
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Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Hernia, Femoral - Preferred
Concept UI M0010263
Scope note A groin hernia occurring inferior to the inguinal ligament and medial to the FEMORAL VEIN and FEMORAL ARTERY. The femoral hernia sac has a small neck but may enlarge considerably when it enters the subcutaneous tissue of the thigh. It is caused by defects in the ABDOMINAL WALL.
Preferred term Hernia, Femoral
Entry term(s) Femoral Hernia
Femoral Hernias
Hernias, Femoral



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