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Lesion

MedGen UID:
65128
Concept ID:
C0221198
Finding
Synonym: Visible Lesion
SNOMED CT: Lesion (52988006)

Definition

A localized pathological or traumatic structural change, damage, deformity, or discontinuity of tissue, organ, or body part. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLesion

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Charidimou A, Boulouis G, Frosch MP, Baron JC, Pasi M, Albucher JF, Banerjee G, Barbato C, Bonneville F, Brandner S, Calviere L, Caparros F, Casolla B, Cordonnier C, Delisle MB, Deramecourt V, Dichgans M, Gokcal E, Herms J, Hernandez-Guillamon M, Jäger HR, Jaunmuktane Z, Linn J, Martinez-Ramirez S, Martínez-Sáez E, Mawrin C, Montaner J, Moulin S, Olivot JM, Piazza F, Puy L, Raposo N, Rodrigues MA, Roeber S, Romero JR, Samarasekera N, Schneider JA, Schreiber S, Schreiber F, Schwall C, Smith C, Szalardy L, Varlet P, Viguier A, Wardlaw JM, Warren A, Wollenweber FA, Zedde M, van Buchem MA, Gurol ME, Viswanathan A, Al-Shahi Salman R, Smith EE, Werring DJ, Greenberg SM
Lancet Neurol 2022 Aug;21(8):714-725. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(22)00208-3. PMID: 35841910Free PMC Article
Waldman R, DeWane ME, Lu J
J Am Acad Dermatol 2020 Feb;82(2):283-296. Epub 2019 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.05.105. PMID: 31279813
Barkun AN, Almadi M, Kuipers EJ, Laine L, Sung J, Tse F, Leontiadis GI, Abraham NS, Calvet X, Chan FKL, Douketis J, Enns R, Gralnek IM, Jairath V, Jensen D, Lau J, Lip GYH, Loffroy R, Maluf-Filho F, Meltzer AC, Reddy N, Saltzman JR, Marshall JK, Bardou M
Ann Intern Med 2019 Dec 3;171(11):805-822. Epub 2019 Oct 22 doi: 10.7326/M19-1795. PMID: 31634917Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Stone GW, Christiansen EH, Ali ZA, Andreasen LN, Maehara A, Ahmad Y, Landmesser U, Holm NR
Lancet 2024 Mar 2;403(10429):824-837. Epub 2024 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02454-6. PMID: 38401549
Nie T, Blair HA
CNS Drugs 2022 Oct;36(10):1133-1141. Epub 2022 Sep 7 doi: 10.1007/s40263-022-00949-7. PMID: 36070074Free PMC Article
Lodi G, Franchini R, Warnakulasuriya S, Varoni EM, Sardella A, Kerr AR, Carrassi A, MacDonald LC, Worthington HV
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Jul 29;7(7):CD001829. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001829.pub4. PMID: 27471845Free PMC Article
Smart KM, Wand BM, O'Connell NE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Feb 24;2(2):CD010853. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010853.pub2. PMID: 26905470Free PMC Article
Corps KN, Roth TL, McGavern DB
JAMA Neurol 2015 Mar;72(3):355-62. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.3558. PMID: 25599342Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Marrero JA
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2005 May;21(3):308-12. doi: 10.1097/01.mog.0000159817.55661.ca. PMID: 15818151
el-Serag HB
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2002 Jun;31(2):421-40, viii. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8553(02)00016-x. PMID: 12134611
Johnson TM, Hamilton T, Lowe L
J Am Acad Dermatol 1998 Sep;39(3):422-7. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70318-4. PMID: 9738776
Rignault DP
World J Surg 1992 Sep-Oct;16(5):940-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02066996. PMID: 1462634
Lillington GA
Dis Mon 1991 May;37(5):271-318. doi: 10.1016/s0011-5029(05)80012-4. PMID: 2019220

Clinical prediction guides

Seo SG, Kim JS, Seo DK, Kim YK, Lee SH, Lee HS
Acta Orthop 2018 Aug;89(4):462-467. Epub 2018 Apr 11 doi: 10.1080/17453674.2018.1460777. PMID: 29635971Free PMC Article
Villa C
Int J Legal Med 2017 May;131(3):751-759. Epub 2016 Dec 2 doi: 10.1007/s00414-016-1499-9. PMID: 27913880
Wortsman X, Claveria P, Valenzuela F, Molina MT, Wortsman J
J Ultrasound Med 2014 Jan;33(1):93-102. doi: 10.7863/ultra.33.1.93. PMID: 24371103
Estrela C, Bueno MR, Azevedo BC, Azevedo JR, Pécora JD
J Endod 2008 Nov;34(11):1325-1331. Epub 2008 Sep 17 doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2008.08.013. PMID: 18928840
Damario MA, Rock JA
Semin Reprod Endocrinol 1997;15(3):235-44. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1068753. PMID: 9383832

Recent systematic reviews

Tzoumas N, Riding G, Williams MA, Steel DH
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Jun 14;6(6):CD009300. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009300.pub3. PMID: 37314061Free PMC Article
Ardila CM, Vivares-Builes AM
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Oct 21;19(20) doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013649. PMID: 36294232Free PMC Article
Ferreira Jr LH Jr, Mendonça Jr KD Jr, Chaves de Souza J, Soares Dos Reis DC, do Carmo Faleiros Veloso Guedes C, de Souza Castro Filice L, Bruzadelli Macedo S, Soares Rocha F
Minerva Dent Oral Sci 2021 Feb;70(1):49-57. Epub 2020 Sep 22 doi: 10.23736/S2724-6329.20.04306-X. PMID: 32960522
Coll JA, Vargas K, Marghalani AA, Chen CY, AlShamali S, Dhar V, Crystal YO
Pediatr Dent 2020 Jul 15;42(4):256-461. PMID: 32847665
Hegedus EJ, Goode AP, Cook CE, Michener L, Myer CA, Myer DM, Wright AA
Br J Sports Med 2012 Nov;46(14):964-78. Epub 2012 Jul 7 doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091066. PMID: 22773322

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