Diseases

Intestinal Perforation

Opening or penetration through the wall of the INTESTINES.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Opening or penetration through the wall of the INTESTINES.

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3 entry terms
  • Intestinal Perforations
  • Perforation, Intestinal
  • Perforations, Intestinal

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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

caused by dis or inj; coord IM with specific intestine (IM) or specific precoord intestinal dis (IM); intestinal rupture does not go here: index with INTESTINES /inj or specific intestine /inj (IM) + RUPTURE (NIM) or specific intestine (IM) or specific precoord intestinal dis (IM) + RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS (NIM)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intestinal Perforation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007416. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007416
  2. Intestinal Perforation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554982