Diseases

Granuloma

A relatively small nodular inflammatory lesion containing grouped mononuclear phagocytes, caused by infectious and noninfectious agents.

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A relatively small nodular inflammatory lesion containing grouped mononuclear phagocytes, caused by infectious and noninfectious agents.

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  • Granulomas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with organ/disease; malignant of nose equals GRANULOMA, LETHAL MIDLINE; central giant cell granuloma equals GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; granulomatous disease or granulomatous disease of childhood equals GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; cholesterol granuloma equals GRANULOMA, FOREIGN BODY and CHOLESTEROL; talc granuloma equals GRANULOMA, FOREIGN BODY /etiol (not/chem ind) and TALC /adv eff; xanthogranuloma equals XANTHOMATOSIS and GRANULOMA but XANTHOGRANULOMA, JUVENILE is available

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Granuloma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006099. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006099
  2. Granuloma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granuloma
  3. Granuloma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1129338