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Fibrosis is the formation or development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue as a reparative or reactive process, as opposed to a formation of fibrous tissue as a normal constituent of an organ or tissue. Fibrosis-related diseases and disorders:
Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas and lungs
Injection fibrosis, which can occur as a complication of intramuscular injections, especially in children
Endomyocardial fibrosis, idiopathic myocardiopathy
Cirrhosis can result from fibrosis of the liver
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis of the lung
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Mediastinal fibrosis
Myleofibrosis
Post-Vasectomy Pain Syndrome
Retroperitoneal fibrosis
Progressive massive fibrosis, a complication of coal workers' pneumoconiosis
Proliferative fibrosis, neoplastic fibrosis
Tuberculosis (TB) can cause fibrosis of the lungs
Sickle-cell anemia may cause enlargement and ultimately fibrosis of the spleen.
Rheumatoid arthritis
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