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MeSH Heading: Cutaneous Fistula
Tree Number(s): C17.800.135; C23.300.575.150
Unique ID: D017577
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017577
Annotation: fistula policy: Manual 23.19+; anal fistula (one opening on the cutaneous surface near the anus) is indexed as ANAL FISTULA see RECTAL FISTULA
Scope Note: An abnormal passage or communication leading from an internal organ to the surface of the body.
Entry Term(s): External Fistula; Skin Fistula
Previous Indexing: Fistula (1966-1993); Skin Diseases (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 1999/11/08

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)

Cutaneous Fistula MeSH Descriptor Data 2025