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Descriptor English: Mastoiditis
Descriptor Spanish: Mastoiditis
Descriptor mastoiditis
Scope note: Inflamación de las celdillas del HUESO MASTOIDES del cráneo, inmediatamente detrás del oído. Suele ser complicación de la OTITIS MEDIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mastoidite
Descriptor French: Mastoïdite
Entry term(s): Mastoiditides
Tree number(s): C01.160.495.500
C05.116.165.495.249
C09.218.705.663.652
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008417
Scope note: Inflammation of the honeycomb-like MASTOID BONE in the skull just behind the ear. It is usually a complication of OTITIS MEDIA.
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: Lateral Sinus Thrombosis MeSH
DeCS ID: 8587
Unique ID: D008417
NLM Classification: WV 233
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: 2011/06/24
Mastoiditis - Preferred
Concept UI M0013100
Scope note Inflammation of the honeycomb-like MASTOID BONE in the skull just behind the ear. It is usually a complication of OTITIS MEDIA.
Preferred term Mastoiditis
Entry term(s) Mastoiditides



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