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MeSH Heading: Exophthalmos
Tree Number(s): C11.675.349
Unique ID: D005094
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005094
Annotation: protrusion of eye: do not confuse with ENOPHTHALMOS, recession
Scope Note: Abnormal protrusion of both eyes; may be caused by endocrine gland malfunction, malignancy, injury, or paralysis of the extrinsic muscles of the eye.
Entry Term(s): Proptosis
NLM Classification #: WW 210
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1993/05/27

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)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Exophthalmos MeSH Descriptor Data 2023