Fibrosis


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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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