Diseases

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

A spectrum of inflammation involving the female upper genital tract and the supporting tissues. It is usually caused by an ascending infection of organisms from the endocervix. Infection may be confined to the uterus (ENDOMETRITIS), the FALLOPIAN TUBES; (SALPINGITIS); the ovaries (OOPHORITIS), the supporting ligaments (PARAMETRITIS), or may involve several of the above uterine appendages. Such inflammation can lead to functional impairment and infertility.

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A spectrum of inflammation involving the female upper genital tract and the supporting tissues. It is usually caused by an ascending infection of organisms from the endocervix. Infection may be confined to the uterus (ENDOMETRITIS), the FALLOPIAN TUBES; (SALPINGITIS); the ovaries (OOPHORITIS), the supporting ligaments (PARAMETRITIS), or may involve several of the above uterine appendages. Such inflammation can lead to functional impairment and infertility.

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12 entry terms
  • Inflammatory Disease, Pelvic
  • Inflammatory Pelvic Disease
  • Pelvic Disease, Inflammatory
  • Disease, Inflammatory Pelvic
  • Disease, Pelvic Inflammatory
  • Diseases, Inflammatory Pelvic
  • Diseases, Pelvic Inflammatory
  • Inflammatory Diseases, Pelvic
  • Inflammatory Pelvic Diseases
  • Pelvic Diseases, Inflammatory
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases
  • Adnexitis

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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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female only: note category; "male adnexitis": index under GENITAL DISEASES, MALE or PELVIC INFECTION

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2003 (1963)

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  1. C01w.635.500w
  2. C12.050.351.500w.056.750w
  3. C12.100w.250w.056.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000292. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000292
  2. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic_inflammatory_disease
  3. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558070