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MeSH Heading: Periapical Abscess
Tree Number(s): C01.830.025.650; C07.320.830.700.700; C07.465.714.306.700.700; C07.465.714.533.487.700
Unique ID: D010482
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010482
Annotation: do not confuse with PERIODONTAL ABSCESS: note X refs below; for coord read note on ABSCESS
Scope Note: Acute or chronic inflammation of tissues surrounding the apical portion of a tooth, associated with the collection of pus, resulting from infection following pulp infection through a carious lesion or as a result of an injury causing pulp necrosis. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Entry Term(s): Abscess, Periapical; Alveolar Abscess, Apical; Dentoalveolar Abscess, Apical; Periapical Periodontitis, Suppurative; Periodontitis, Apical, Suppurative
NLM Classification #: WU 241
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0016283
Scope Note: Acute or chronic inflammation of tissues surrounding the apical portion of a tooth, associated with the collection of pus, resulting from infection following pulp infection through a carious lesion or as a result of an injury causing pulp necrosis. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Terms: Periapical Abscess Preferred Term
Term UI T030974
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1965); Alveolar Abscess, Apical
Term UI T030971
Date04/30/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Dentoalveolar Abscess, Apical
Term UI T030972
Date04/30/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Abscess, Periapical
Term UI T030973
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Periapical Periodontitis, Suppurative
Term UI T030975
Date04/30/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Periodontitis, Apical, Suppurative
Term UI T030976
Date04/30/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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