Pathologic Intimal Thickening

Preferred Label : Pathologic Intimal Thickening;

NCIt synonyms : PIT;

NCIt related terms : INTIMAL THICKENING;

NCIt definition : A term that refers to a vascular lesion characterized by an extracellular lipid pool with intimal smooth muscle cell loss typically adjacent to the medial wall in addition to varying degrees of macrophage infiltration near the lumen. (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2007; 27:986-989);

Alternative definition : CDISC: An increase in matrix, without an increase in cell numbers, between the endothelium and the internal elastic lamina. (INHAND);

Details

Origin ID

C139156;

UMLS CUI

C3495932;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Intimal thickening [MedDRA LLT]
- Pitting (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Van der woude syndrome 1 [OMIM Phenotype]
- pit [UBERON concept]
- pitting [SNOMED Notion]
- water wells [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Finding [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Intimal thickening [MedDRA LLT]
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- CDISC SEND Non-Neoplastic Finding Type Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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