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Descriptor English: Ludwig's Angina
Descriptor Spanish: Angina de Ludwig
Descriptor angina de Ludwig
Entry term(s) infección del espacio submandibular
Scope note: Celulitis grave del espacio submaxilar con afectación secundaria de los espacios perimandibulares. Suele deberse a una infección en la zona molar mandibular o a una infección tras una lesión penetrante del SUELO DE LA BOCA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Angina de Ludwig
Descriptor French: Angine de Ludwig
Entry term(s): Angina, Ludwig's
Ludwig Angina
Ludwigs Angina
Submandibular Space Infection
Submandibular Space Infections
Tree number(s): C01.800.130.500
C07.465.433
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008158
Scope note: Severe cellulitis of the submaxillary space with secondary involvement of the perimandibular spaces. It usually results from infection in the lower molar area or from an infection following a penetrating injury to the MOUTH FLOOR.
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
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8333
Unique ID: D008158
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/05/28
Ludwig's Angina - Preferred
Concept UI M0012723
Scope note Severe cellulitis of the submaxillary space with secondary involvement of the perimandibular spaces. It usually results from infection in the lower molar area or from an infection following a penetrating injury to the MOUTH FLOOR.
Preferred term Ludwig's Angina
Entry term(s) Angina, Ludwig's
Ludwig Angina
Ludwigs Angina
Submandibular Space Infection
Submandibular Space Infections



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