leg ulcer - CISMeF

Preferred Label : leg ulcer;

MeSH definition : Ulceration of the skin and underlying structures of the lower extremity. About 90% of the cases are due to venous insufficiency (VARICOSE ULCER), 5% to arterial disease, and the remaining 5% to other causes.;

MeSH synonym : leg ulcers; ulcer, leg; ulcers, leg;

MeSH annotation : if varicose, index instead under VARICOSE ULCER; FOOT ULCER is also available;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg ulcer;

Details

Origin ID

D007871;

UMLS CUI

C0023223;

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]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Leg ulcers [HPMULTI term]
- Stasis ulcer (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Venous stasis ulcer of leg (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- leg injuries and disorders [MedlinePlus Topic]
- leg ulcer (exc varicose) [TUV Concept]
- leg ulcer (exc varicose) [TUV Term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- LEG ULCER (EXC VARICOSE) [WHO-ART Included Term]
- Leg ulcer [PASCAL descriptor]
- Leg ulcer [MedDRA LLT]
- Ulcer of lower extremity (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- leg ulcer [Disease (Nov.)]
- leg ulcer (exc varicose) [DRC Consultation result]
- ulcer of leg, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- gelatin, glycerin, zinc oxide drug combination [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- leg injuries and disorders [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- leg ulcer [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- leg ulcers, familial, of juvenile onset [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- leg [MeSH Descriptor]
- lower extremity [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Leg ulcer [MedDRA LLT]
- Leg ulcer [PASCAL descriptor]
- Lower Extremity Ulcer [NCIt concept]
- Lower extremities ulcers of [MedDRA LLT]
- Ulcer of lower extremity (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- leg ulcer [Disease (Nov.)]
- ulcer of leg, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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