peritonsillar abscess

Preferred Label : peritonsillar abscess;

MeSH definition : An accumulation of purulent material in the area between the PALATINE TONSIL and its capsule.;

MeSH synonym : peritonsillar abscesses; abscesses, peritonsillar; abscess, peritonsillar;

MeSH annotation : coordinate IM with infection term (IM) but not BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (since most abscesses are bacterial);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peritonsillar abscess;

Details

Origin ID

D000039;

UMLS CUI

C0031157;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- transmission [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cellulitis of tonsil [ICD-11 More detail]
Record concept(s)
- peritonsillar abscess [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- peritonsillar infection [Indication]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Abscess peritonsillar [MedDRA LLT]
- Angina tonsillaris [MedDRA LLT]
- Peritonsillar Abscess [NCIt concept]
- Peritonsillar abscess [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Peritonsillar abscess [ICD-9 code]
- Peritonsillar abscess [ICD-10 category]
- Peritonsillar abscess [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Peritonsillar abscess (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Peritonsillar abscess NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- Quinsy [MedDRA LLT]
- peritonsillar abscess [SNOMED Notion]
- peritonsillar abscess [Disease (Nov.)]

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