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GONIOSCOPY


check date: 26/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 24/01/2001
originator: Claudia

Conceptual Structures
ISARIGID-ENDOSCOPY
ANCESTORSALL
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
ENDOSCOPY
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
RIGID-ENDOSCOPY
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONSDIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-EYE
    BENIGN-NEOPLASM-OF-EYE
INSTRUMENT : GONIOSCOPE
USES : LAMP


English
gonioscopyterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: endoscopy of the front portion of the eye using a special lamp or a gonioscope. This procedure is used in the diagnosis of glaucoma and can also be useful in the detection of ocular melanoma. (en)
check date: 09/08/2001
checker: Pamela

Spanish
gonioscopiaterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: Endoscopia (TOP) del ángulo de la cámera anterior del ojo realizada por medio de un endoscopio rígido, el gonioscopio. Esta técnica se utiliza en el diagnóstico del glaucoma y del melanoma ocular. Se aplican gotas dilatadoras. Normalmente se realiza junto a la oftalmoscopia sin necesidad de contacto con el ojo. (es)

German
Gonioskopieterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: feminine
definition: Endoskopie des Kammerwinkels in der vorderen Augenkammer mittels eines starren Endoskops (Gonioskop) und eines Spaltlampenmikroskops zur Diagnostik eines Glaukoms oder Augentumors. Anwendung von Augentropfen zur Erweiterung der Pupillen. Normalerweise wird dieses Verfahren zusammen mit einer Ophthalmoskopie durchgeführt, wodurch der Kontakt mit dem Auge vermieden wird. (de)