Leukoplakia - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Leukoplakia;

NCIt synonyms : Keratotic Plaque;

NCIt definition : A white patch or plaque on a mucous membrane that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease. The diagnosis of leukoplakia is one of exclusion; other conditions such as candidiasis, lichen planus, leukoedema, etc., must be ruled out before a diagnosis of leukoplakia can be made. Leukoplakia may be a premalignant condition.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: Thick, white or gray patches on the oral mucosa.; NCI-GLOSS: An abnormal patch of white tissue that forms on mucous membranes in the mouth and other areas of the body. It may become cancer. Tobacco (smoking and chewing) and alcohol may increase the risk of leukoplakia in the mouth.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000045954;

Details

Origin ID

C3186;

UMLS CUI

C0023531;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Hairy leukoplakia [ICD-11 Sub-sub category]
- Leukokeratosis (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Leukoplakia [ICD-11 Sub-sub category]
- Leukoplasia [PASCAL descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Leukoplakia [ACR pathology]
- Leukoplakia [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Leukoplakia (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Leukoplakia NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- leukoplakia [Disease (Nov.)]
- leukoplakia [MeSH Descriptor]
- leukoplakia [MeSH concept]
- leukoplakia, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- squamous metaplasia [Radlex concept]
False automatic mappings
- LEUKOPLAKIA (EXC ANOGENITAL) [WHO-ART Included Term]
- Leukoplakia (excl anogenital) [MedDRA LLT]
- Leukoplakia (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Leukoplakia [ACR pathology]
- Leukoplakia [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Leukoplakia (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Leukoplakia (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Leukoplakia NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- leukoplakia [Disease (Nov.)]
- leukoplakia [MeSH concept]
- leukoplakia [MeSH Descriptor]
- leukoplakia, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- squamous metaplasia [Radlex concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology Mapped to MedDRA [NCIt concept]

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