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Table 3 Ten examples of missing concepts that appear in the external terminologies in the UMLS

From: Identification of missing concepts in biomedical terminologies using sequence-based formal concept analysis

Audited terminology

Potentially missing concept

Supporting external terminolgoy

NCI Thesaurus

Carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells

SNOMED CT, MEDCINE

NCI Thesaurus

Peripheral nerve sheath neoplasm

MSH, CHV

NCI Thesaurus

Congenital muscular dystrophy

RCD, OMIM, HPO, CHV, HGNC

NCI Thesaurus

Motor neuropathy

SNMI, OMIM, CHV

NCI Thesaurus

Dyserythropoietic anemia

CHV, MEDCIN, OMIM, HPO

SNOMED CT

Chondrocalcinosis of elbow

MEDCINE

SNOMED CT

Hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy

MSH

SNOMED CT

Metatarsal osteotomies

CHV, MEDCIN

SNOMED CT

Removal of foreign body from rectum

MDR

SNOMED CT

Open reduction of fracture of talus

ICD10AM, CPT