Posterior Cranial Fossa

Preferred Label : Posterior Cranial Fossa;

NCIt synonyms : Posterior Fossa;

NCIt related terms : Structure of posterior fossa of cranial cavity (body structure);

NCIt definition : The infratentorial compartment of the cranial cavity. Its boundaries are formed by the sphenoid bone, temporal bone, and parietal bone, and it contains the cerebellum and brain stem.;

Codes from synonyms : 35763008;

Details

Origin ID

C33361;

UMLS CUI

C0010265;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Base of the Skull [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire posterior fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior fossa [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Posterior fossa [ICHI extension code]
- Posterior fossa [LOINC part]
- Posterior fossa [LOINC System]
- Via posterior cranial fossa (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior cranial fossa [UBERON concept]
- posterior cranial fossa [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Posterior cranial fossa [FMA entity]
- cranial fossa, posterior [MeSH Descriptor]
- cranial fossa, posterior [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Posterior fossa [LOINC System]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Space or Junction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Posterior cranial fossa [FMA entity]
- Structure of posterior fossa of cranial cavity (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cranial fossa, posterior [MeSH concept]
- cranial fossa, posterior [MeSH Descriptor]
- posterior cranial fossa [UBERON concept]
- posterior fossa of cranial cavity [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- mCode Radiotherapy Treatment Location Value Set [NCIt concept]
- mCode Terminology [NCIt concept]
is_primary_anatomic_site_of_disease
- Adult Posterior Fossa Ependymoma [NCIt concept]
- Brain Stem Intraparenchymal Clear Cell Meningioma [NCIt concept]
- Cerebellopontine Angle Meningioma [NCIt concept]
- Childhood Posterior Fossa Ependymoma [NCIt concept]
- Clivus Meningioma [NCIt concept]
- Lower Clivus Meningioma [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Fossa Ependymal Tumor [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Fossa Ependymoma [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Fossa Ependymoma, Group A (PFA) [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Fossa Ependymoma, Group B (PFB) [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Fossa Ependymoma, Not Elsewhere Classified [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Fossa Ependymoma, Not Otherwise Specified [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Fossa Meningioma [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Fossa Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Upper Clivus Meningioma [NCIt concept]

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