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Infections > Suppuration > Cellulitis
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Inflammation > Suppuration > Cellulitis
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Cellulitis
Infections > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Cellulitis
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Cellulitis

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Cellulitis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Phlegmon

Note

  • in French literature "cellulite" can be CELLULITE or CELLULITIS

Scope note

  • An acute, diffuse, and suppurative inflammation of loose connective tissue, particularly the deep subcutaneous tissues, and sometimes muscle, which is most commonly seen as a result of infection of a wound, ulcer, or other skin lesions.

History note

  • PHLEGMON was heading 1963-78

In other languages

  • selluliitti

    Finnish

  • cellulitis
  • cellulitis non specificata
  • ihonalaisen sidekudoksen bakteeritulehdus
  • ihonalaisen sidekudoksen epätarkkarajainen bakteeritulehdus
  • ihonalaisen sidekudoksen tulehdus
  • määrittämätön selluliitti
  • Cellulit

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002481

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