National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Leukoencephalopathy

Synonyms

Leukoencephalopathy

Definitions

White matter changes first described in children with leukemia, associated with radiation and chemotherapy injury, often associated with methotrexate; pathologically characterised by diffuse reactive astrocytosis with multiple areas of necrotic foci without inflammation.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C27059

ALT_DEFINITION

A disorder characterized by diffuse reactive astrocytosis with multiple areas of necrotic foci without inflammation.

code

C27059

DEFINITION

White matter changes first described in children with leukemia, associated with radiation and chemotherapy injury, often associated with methotrexate; pathologically characterised by diffuse reactive astrocytosis with multiple areas of necrotic foci without inflammation.

FULL_SYN

Leukoencephalopathy

label

Leukoencephalopathy

Legacy Concept Name

Leukoencephalopathy

Preferred_Name

Leukoencephalopathy

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C27059

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0270612

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C27582

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