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MeSH Heading: Leiomyoma
Tree Number(s): C04.557.450.590.450
Unique ID: D007889
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007889
Annotation: solitary; multiple = LEIOMYOMATOSIS; coord IM with precoord organ/neopl term (IM); for entry terms FIBROID UTERUS; FIBROIDS, UTERINE, and FIBROMA, UTERINE: coord with UTERINE NEOPLASMS (IM)
Scope Note: A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the UTERUS and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT but can occur in the SKIN and SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues.
Entry Term(s): Fibroid; Fibroid Tumor; Fibroid Uterus; Fibroids, Uterine; Fibroma, Uterine; Fibromyoma; Leiomyoma, Uterine
Public MeSH Note: FIBROIDS, UTERINE was see UTERINE NEOPLASMS 1991-93
Online Note: use UTERINE NEOPLASMS to search FIBROIDS, UTERINE 1991-93
History Note: FIBROIDS, UTERINE was see UTERINE NEOPLASMS 1991-93
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

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)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012316
Scope Note: A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the UTERUS and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT but can occur in the SKIN and SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues.
Terms: Leiomyoma Preferred Term
Term UI T023528
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Fibroid
Term UI T023526
Date08/07/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Fibroid Tumor
Term UI T023530
Date10/04/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Fibromyoma
Term UI T023527
Date03/26/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

Concept UI: M0012317
Terms: Fibroid Uterus Preferred Term
Term UI T023531
Date03/26/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Leiomyoma, Uterine
Term UI T811936
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013); Fibroids, Uterine
Term UI T023533
Date05/13/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Fibroma, Uterine
Term UI T023532
Date05/13/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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