<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical image search instrument and a medical image search system capable of directly searching a medical image data having predetermined relevance to some medical image data and searching even among a plurality of different instruments. <;P>;SOLUTION: The medical image search instrument or the medical image search system includes a medical image data location management device 15. When requested from a terminal device to perform search processing with a medical image data identifier relating to the medical image data concerning the medical image data as a search condition, the medical image data location management device 15 performs the search processing, detects instrument identification information relating to the medical image data having relevance to the medical image data, patient information, inspection information, image data information, reference medical image data identifier, and relating information, and transmits the same to the terminal device. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT