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cholesteatoma

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A pathologic process characterized by the proliferation of keratinizing squamous epithelium resulting in the accumulation of keratin and cells in the middle ear and/or mastoid. It may be congenital or acquired. If left untreated, it may increase in size and destroy adjacent structures. [ NCIT:P378 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • GARD:0010422 (MONDO:shared-umls-xref)
  • DOID:869 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • UMLS:C0008373 (NCIT:C2944)
  • NCIT:C2944 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • HP:0009797 (MONDO:otherHierarchy)
  • ICD9:385.30 (MONDO:i2s)
  • MESH:D002781 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • SCTID:363668000 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • EFO:1000675 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
IAO 0000589

cholesteatoma (disease)

definition

A pathologic process characterized by the proliferation of keratinizing squamous epithelium resulting in the accumulation of keratin and cells in the middle ear and/or mastoid. It may be congenital or acquired. If left untreated, it may increase in size and destroy adjacent structures.

exactMatch

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_869, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0008373, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C2944, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D002781, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/363668000

has exact synonym

cholesteatoma, cholesteatoma (disease)

has related synonym

congenital cholesteatoma (type), secondary acquired cholesteatoma (type), primary acquired cholesteatoma (type)

id

MONDO:0006530

Term relations

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