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MeSH Heading: Pneumocephalus
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.199.700; C10.228.806; C10.900.300.087.700; C26.915.300.200.650
Unique ID: D011007
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011007
Scope Note: Presence of air or gas within the intracranial cavity (e.g., epidural space, subdural space, intracerebral, etc.) which may result from traumatic injuries, fistulous tract formation, erosions of the skull from NEOPLASMS or infection, NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES, and other conditions.
Entry Term(s): Cranial Airocele; Cranial Pneumocyst; Intracranial Gas; Pneumocephalus, Epidural; Pneumocephalus, Tension; Pneumocephalus, Traumatic; Pressure Pneumocephalus
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(64)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

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)

Concept UI: M0017054
Scope Note: Presence of air or gas within the intracranial cavity (e.g., epidural space, subdural space, intracerebral, etc.) which may result from traumatic injuries, fistulous tract formation, erosions of the skull from NEOPLASMS or infection, NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES, and other conditions.
Terms: Pneumocephalus Preferred Term
Term UI T032378
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1964); Cranial Airocele
Term UI T369235
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Cranial Pneumocyst
Term UI T369233
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Intracranial Gas
Term UI T369234
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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