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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Fetal Macrosomia
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Macrosomía Fetal
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Macrossomia Fetal
Synonyms
English
:
Macrosomia, Fetal
Tree Number:
C13.703.170.500
C13.703.277.570
C13.703.726.570
C16.300.570
C19.246.099.968
C23.888.144.186.500
Definition
English
:
A condition of fetal overgrowth leading to a large-for-gestational-age FETUS. It is defined as
BIRTH WEIGHT
greater than 4,000 grams or above the 90th percentile for
population
and sex-specific
growth
curves. It is commonly seen in GESTATIONAL DIABETES; PROLONGED
PREGNANCY
; and pregnancies complicated by pre-existing
diabetes mellitus.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with
INFANT
, POSTMATURE (born after 42 wks of
gestation
)
See Related
English
:
Sotos Syndrome
History Note
English
:
87
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
19165
Unique Identifier:
D005320
Occurrence in VHL
:
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