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Table 5 Five example of missing concepts validated by biomedical literature in PubMed

From: Logical definition-based identification of potential missing concepts in SNOMED CT

Missing concept FSN

Missing concept logical definition

PMID/sentence mentioning the missing concept

Pulmonary artery operation (procedure)

{(Is a, “Operation on the pulmonary trunk and arteries (procedure)”)}

20072857/“Lung cysts following pulmonary artery operations: diagnostic and therapeutic implications”

 

{(Method (attribute), “Surgical action (qualifier value)”),

 
 

(Procedure site (attribute),

 
 

Pulmonary artery structure (body structure)”)}

 

Atrophy of choroid (disorder)

{(Is a, “Choroidal atrophy (finding)”)}

1205676/“... escapes from one of the viscera to lodge in the sensitized area of the atrophic choroid ...”

 

{(Is a, “Choroidal degeneration (disorder)”)}

 
 

{(Finding site (attribute), “Choroidal structure (body structure)”),

 
 

(Associated morphology, “Atrophy (morphologic abnormality)”)}

 

Left ventricular septal defect (disorder)

{(Is a, “Left ventricular abnormality (disorder)”)}

11083711/“... repair of a left ventricular septal  defect after acute myocardial infarction.”

 

Left cardiac ventricular structure (body structure)”),

 
 

(Associated morphology,

 
 

Morphologically abnormal structure (morphologic abnormality)”)}

 

Peripheral arterial stent-graft (physical object)

{(Is a, “Peripheral artery stent (physical object)”)}

10674453/“Intravascular ultrasound evaluation of peripheral arterial stent-grafts”

 

{(Has device intended site (attribute),

 
 

Structure of peripheral artery (body structure)”}

 

Focal cortical cataract (disorder)

{(Is a, “Cortical cataract (disorder)”)}

29961989/“Focal cortical cataract due to caterpillar hair migration”

 

{(Finding site (attribute),

 
 

Structure of cortex of lens (body structure)”),

 
 

(Associated morphology,

 
 

Abnormally opaque structure (morphologic abnormality)”)}