Pharyngeal Recess

Preferred Label : Pharyngeal Recess;

NCIt synonyms : Fossa of Rosenmuller;

NCIt definition : A recess located behind the ostium of the eustachian tube. It is the most common site of origin for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.;

Details

Origin ID

C142140;

UMLS CUI

C0227164;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Pharynx [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire pharyngeal recess (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pharyngeal recess [FMA entity]
- Pharyngeal recess [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Pharyngeal recess [ICHI extension code]
- Structure of pharyngeal recess (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- pharyngeal recess [Radlex concept]
- pharyngeal recess [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pharyngeal recess [FMA entity]
- Structure of pharyngeal recess (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- pharyngeal recess [SNOMED Notion]

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