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POLYPOID [4 records]

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Record 1 2018-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungal Diseases (Mycoses)
  • The Skin
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
B48.1
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Rhinosporidiosis is a polypoid disease usually involving mucosal surfaces, especially the nasal mucosa... Rhinosporidium seeberi, an organism found in stagnant water, is the causative organism.

OBS

B48.1: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies fongiques (mycoses)
  • Appareil cutané
  • Nez (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
B48.1
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Mycose due à Rhinosporidium seeberi [...] se présentant cliniquement sous l'aspect d'un polype généralement unique, d'aspect framboisé, couvert de petits points blancs et saignant facilement, le plus souvent localisé au niveau du nasopharynx [...]

OBS

B48.1 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Larynx
DEF

Markedly swollen vocal cords due to the accumulation of gelatinous material in the subepithelial (Reinke’s) space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Larynx
CONT

Œdèmes de Reinke ou laryngites pseudomyxomateuses - [...] La voix est essentiellement aggravée : la masse de la corde vocale est augmentée [...] Dans une série de 39 patients opérés le malmenage vocal seul est retrouvé chez 10 % des patients atteints d'œdème de Reinke [...] L'histologie de ces lésions est semblable à celle des polypes œdémateux ou des pseudokystes muqueux : l'épithélium aminci repose sur un chorion dont les fibres sont distendues par un exsudat très important.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

Polypiform: resembling a polyp in gross features.

CONT

In some cases of chronic otitis media with perforation, the middle ear mucosa may become so thick and hypertrophied that polypoid changes can occur and actual polyps may form.

OBS

Polyp: a morbid excrescence, or protruding growth, from mucous membrane; classically applied to a growth on the mucous membrane of the nose, the term is now applied to such protrusions from any mucous membrane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Qui ressemble à un polype.

CONT

À travers une perforation peut s'extérioriser une suppuration, un polype, des lamelles de cholestéatome. À travers une perforation, l'œil accède à la caisse et glane des renseignements supplémentaires sur la muqueuse tympanique qui peut être saine, fibreuse, succulente, ulcérée, polypoïde, frappée de tympanosclérose.

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A surgical instrument used to remove polyps or polypoid parts by crushing and cutting through their base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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