Diseases

Lithiasis

A condition characterized by the formation of CALCULI and concretions in the hollow organs or ducts of the body. They occur most often in the gallbladder, kidney, and lower urinary tract.

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Abstract

A condition characterized by the formation of CALCULI and concretions in the hollow organs or ducts of the body. They occur most often in the gallbladder, kidney, and lower urinary tract.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Calculosis
  • Calculoses
  • Lithiases

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Aspects Covered

37 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, 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, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

prefer specifics; coord IM with organ /disease term (IM)

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History Note

1999

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Tree Number

  1. C23.550.537

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lithiasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020347. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020347
  2. Lithiasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69046313