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A small round or oval, mostly subcutaneous nodule made up chiefly of a mass of Aschoff bodies and seen in cases of rheumatic fever. It is differentiated from the RHEUMATOID NODULE which appears in rheumatoid arthritis, most frequently over bony prominences. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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- Nodule, Rheumatic
- Nodules, Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Nodules
- Aschoff Bodies
- Bodies, Aschoff
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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in rheum fever; do not confuse with RHEUMATOID NODULE in rheum arthritis
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History Note
67; ASCHOFF BODIES was see under RHEUMATIC NODULE 1967-78
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- National Library of Medicine. Rheumatic Nodule. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012215. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012215
- Rheumatic Nodule. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aschoff_body
- Rheumatic Nodule. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722850