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... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections > Streptococcal Infections > Rheumatic Fever > Rheumatic Nodule
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Rheumatic Diseases > Rheumatic Fever > Rheumatic Nodule
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Rheumatic Diseases > Rheumatic Fever > Rheumatic Nodule
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Joint Diseases > Arthritis > Rheumatic Fever > Rheumatic Nodule

Preferred term

Rheumatic Nodule  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Aschoff Bodies
  • Bodies, Aschoff

Note

  • in rheum fever; do not confuse with RHEUMATOID NODULE in rheum arthritis

Scope note

  • A small round or oval, mostly subcutaneous nodule made up chiefly of a mass of Aschoff bodies and seen in cases of rheumatic fever. It is differentiated from the RHEUMATOID NODULE which appears in rheumatoid arthritis, most frequently over bony prominences. (From Dorland, 27th ed)

History note

  • 67; ASCHOFF BODIES was see under RHEUMATIC NODULE 1967-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012215

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