Orbital Cellulitis

Preferred Label : Orbital Cellulitis;

NCIt definition : Inflammation of the eye tissues posterior to the orbital septum, and generally secondary to an infection spread from adjacent sinuses. Signs and symptoms of the affected eye include sudden loss of vision, erythema, edema, decreased eye movement, and pain. Treatment is conducted via intravenous antibiotics, observation, and surgical intervention when necessary.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: An infection of the orbital tissue, posterior to the orbital septum.;

Details

Origin ID

C99000;

UMLS CUI

C0149507;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Orbital cellulitis [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Orbital cellulitis [ICD-9 code]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Cellulitis orbital [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Orbital cellulitis [MedDRA LLT]
- Orbital cellulitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- orbital cellulitis [MeSH Descriptor]
- orbital cellulitis [MeSH concept]
- orbital cellulitis [DO Concept]
- orbital cellulitis [Disease (Nov.)]
DO Cross reference
- orbital cellulitis [DO Concept]
Excludes anatomical site(s)
- Bone [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cellulitis orbital [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Orbital cellulitis [MedDRA LLT]
- Orbital cellulitis [ICD-9 code]
- Orbital cellulitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- orbital cellulitis [MeSH concept]
- orbital cellulitis [MeSH Descriptor]
- orbital cellulitis [DO Concept]
- orbital cellulitis [Disease (Nov.)]
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- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Neonatal Research Network Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology Mapped to MedDRA [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
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- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]

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