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Infections > Eye Infections > Corneal Ulcer
Eye Diseases > Eye Infections > Corneal Ulcer
Eye Diseases > Corneal Diseases > Keratitis > Corneal Ulcer

Preferred term

Corneal Ulcer  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Keratitides, Ulcerative
  • Keratitis, Ulcerative
  • Ulcerative Keratitides
  • Ulcerative Keratitis

Note

  • a form of keratitis

Scope note

  • Loss of epithelial tissue from the surface of the cornea due to progressive erosion and necrosis of the tissue; usually caused by bacterial, fungal, or viral infection.

History note

  • 65(64)

In other languages

  • sarveiskalvon haavauma

    Finnish

  • erosio cornae
  • kornealsår centralt
  • kornealsår marginalt
  • kornealsår med hypopyon
  • kornealsår perforerande
  • kornealsår ringformigt
  • kornealsår UNS
  • kornean haava
  • kornean haavauma
  • kornean naarmu
  • kornean ulseraatio
  • Moore
  • Mooren haavuma
  • Moorenin haavauma
  • Moorens ulcus
  • puhjennut sarveiskalvohaavauma
  • rengasmainen sarveiskalvohaavauma
  • sarveiskalvohaavauma ja etukammion märkäsakka
  • sarveiskalvon haava
  • sarveiskalvon keskiosan haavauma
  • sarveiskalvon naarmu
  • sarveiskalvon reunaosan haavauma
  • sarveiskalvon ulseraatio
  • sår på hornhinnan
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön sarveiskalvohaavauma
  • ulcus corneae
  • ulcus corneae anulare
  • ulcus corneae centrale
  • ulcus corneae et hypopyon
  • ulcus corneae marginale
  • ulcus corneae NAS
  • ulcus corneae perforans
  • ulcus Mooren
  • Hornhinnesår

    Swedish

  • Kornealsår

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003320

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