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.;

Alternative definition : UBERON: The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE.;

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
- Mapped ICDO3.1 Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Mapped ICDO3.1 Topography Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Mapped ICDO3.2 Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Mapped ICDO3.2 Topography Terminology [NCIt concept]
- UBERON Terminology [NCIt concept]
- 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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