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PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY


check date: 28/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 25/09/2000
originator: Claudia

Conceptual Structures
ISACONTRAST-X-RAY
ANCESTORSALL
CONTRAST-X-RAY
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
X-RAY
RELATIONSAFFECTS-BODY-PART : BRAIN
DIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-BRAIN
ORIGIN-OF : PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAM
USES : CONTRAST-MEDIUM


English
pneumoencephalographyterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: X ray examination of the fluid compartment of the brain after spinal fluid is withdrawn and replaced with air, oxygen or helium. This is a diagnostic procedure for small tumors of the pituitary and pineal glands as well as for possible obstructions in the flow of spinal fluid. (en)
check date: 11/08/2001
checker: Pamela
PEGterm type: acronym
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
cross-reference: definition: PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY

Spanish
neumoencefalografíaterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: visibilización del sistema ventricular y espacios subaracnoideos del encéfalo por radiografía después de extracción parcial de líquido cefalorraquídeo e inyección de aire u otro gas. Este procedimiento se utliliza en el diagnóstico del cáncer cerebral. (es)