afferent loop syndrome

Preferred Label : afferent loop syndrome;

Definition : A complication of gastrojejunostomy (billroth ii procedure), a reconstructive gastroenterostomy. It is caused by acute (complete) or chronic (intermittent) obstruction of the afferent jejunal loop due to hernia, intussusception, kinking, volvulus, etc. It is characterized by pain and vomiting of bile-stained fluid. [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0001727;

Details

Origin ID

RID4594;

UMLS CUI

C0001727;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Afferent loop syndrome [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Afferent loop syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Blind loop syndrome [ICD-9 code]
- afferent loop syndrome [SNOMED Notion]
- afferent loop syndrome [DO Concept]
- afferent loop syndrome [MeSH Descriptor]
- afferent loop syndrome [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Afferent loop syndrome [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Afferent loop syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- afferent loop syndrome [SNOMED Notion]
- afferent loop syndrome [DO Concept]
- afferent loop syndrome [MeSH Descriptor]
- afferent loop syndrome [MeSH concept]

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