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MeSH Heading: Gastric Stump
Tree Number(s): A03.556.875.875.578
Unique ID: D018530
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018530
Annotation: stomach remnant after gastrectomy; a common site of neopl: coord IM with STOMACH NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Scope Note: That portion of the stomach remaining after gastric surgery, usually gastrectomy or gastroenterostomy for cancer of the stomach or peptic ulcer. It is a common site of cancer referred to as stump cancer or carcinoma of the gastric stump.
Entry Term(s): Gastric Remnant; Remnant Stomach; Residual Stomach
Previous Indexing: Gastrectomy (1966-1994); Gastroenterostomy (1966-1994); Stomach Neoplasms (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/16
Revision Date: 2016/06/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood supply (BS)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

innervation (IR)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

surgery (SU)

Concept UI: M0027779
Scope Note: That portion of the stomach remaining after gastric surgery, usually gastrectomy or gastroenterostomy for cancer of the stomach or peptic ulcer. It is a common site of cancer referred to as stump cancer or carcinoma of the gastric stump.
Terms: Gastric Stump Preferred Term
Term UI T055168
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Gastric Remnant
Term UI T055167
Date12/01/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Remnant Stomach
Term UI T055169
Date12/01/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Residual Stomach
Term UI T055170
Date12/01/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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