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For example,
Sufficiently defined concept 721624000 |Primary adenocarcinoma of overlapping sites of esophagus (disorder)| has a stated primitive parent of 187824009 |Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of digestive system (disorder)|.
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The terms colorectal and colorectum, commonly used by pathologists, are included in descriptions for concepts referring to neoplasms modeled with 1285733009 |Structure of cecum and/or colon and/or rectum (body structure)|. 1285733009 |Structure of cecum and/or colon and/or rectum (body structure)| is needed because neoplasms are the same from the cecum to rectum and are considered as a group in cancer synoptic reporting protocols. Note, there is no consensus concerning the definition of colon in the literature and between different domains. |
Congenital neoplasm
When modeling a congenital neoplasm disorder, the attribute-value relationship of Pathological process (attribute) = Pathological development process (qualifier value) is not used.