National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Skin Abscess
Synonyms

Subcutaneous Abscess

Skin Abscess

Definitions

An abscess that develops in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. Causes include folliculitis, furuncle, skin injury, and bacterial infections. Signs and symptoms include the presence of a swollen, tender, and erythematous nodular lesion in the skin associated with fever and chills.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C99093

code

C99093

DEFINITION

An abscess that develops in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. Causes include folliculitis, furuncle, skin injury, and bacterial infections. Signs and symptoms include the presence of a swollen, tender, and erythematous nodular lesion in the skin associated with fever and chills.

FULL_SYN

Subcutaneous Abscess

Skin Abscess

label

Skin Abscess

Preferred_Name

Skin Abscess

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C99093

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0241266

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C26686

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C27555

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