loading...| Preferred Name |
Macular edema |
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| Synonyms |
Macular oedema |
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| Definitions |
Thickening of the retina that takes place due to accumulation of fluid in the macula as a nonspecific response to blood-retinal barrier breakdown. Macular edema is a common pathological response to a wide variety of ocular insults, most commonly after intraocular (e.g. cataract) surgery or in association with retinal vascular (e.g. diabetic eye disease, retinal vein occlusion) or inflammatory (e.g. uveitis) disease. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0040049 |
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| creator | ||
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0271051 SNOMEDCT_US:37231002 MSH:D008269 |
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| definition |
Thickening of the retina that takes place due to accumulation of fluid in the macula as a nonspecific response to blood-retinal barrier breakdown. Macular edema is a common pathological response to a wide variety of ocular insults, most commonly after intraocular (e.g. cataract) surgery or in association with retinal vascular (e.g. diabetic eye disease, retinal vein occlusion) or inflammatory (e.g. uveitis) disease. |
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| has exact synonym |
Macular oedema |
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| label |
Macular edema |
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| prefixIRI |
HP:0040049 |
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| prefLabel |
Macular edema |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MP_0001785 |