Fibrosis Classification and external resources
MeSH	D005355

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. Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books Connective tissue is one of the four types of tissue in traditional classifications (the others being epithelial, Muscle, and Nervous tissue) In Zootomy, fibrous connective tissue ( FCT) is a type of Connective tissue which has relatively high Tensile strength, due to a relatively high ^[1]

The term is also sometimes used to describe a normal healing process^[2], but this usage is less common.

Types

• Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas and lungs
• Injection fibrosis, which can occur as a complication of intramuscular injections, especially in children
• Endomyocardial fibrosis
• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis of the lung
• Mediastinal fibrosis
• Myleofibrosis
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis
• Progressive massive fibrosis, a complication of coal workers' pneumoconiosis
• Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis

Associated conditions

• Cirrhosis can result from fibrosis of the liver
• Diffuse parenchymal lung disease
• Post-Vasectomy Pain Syndrome
• Tuberculosis (TB) can cause fibrosis of the lungs
• Sickle-cell anemia may cause enlargement and ultimately fibrosis of the spleen. Cystic fibrosis (also known as CF, mucoviscoidosis, or mucoviscidosis) is a hereditary disease affecting the exocrine (mucus glands of the lungs The pancreas is a Gland organ in the digestive and Endocrine system of Vertebrates. lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive Injection fibrosis is a complication of Intramuscular injection, occurring especially often in infants and children Intramuscular injection is the injection of a substance directly into a Muscle. The hypereosinophilic syndrome (HS is a disease process characterized by a persistently elevated eosinophil count (≥ 1500 eosinophils/mm³ in the blood for at least six months without Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF, also known as cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, is a Chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease with an unknown lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive Mediastinal fibrosis is a rare late complication of Histoplasmosis. Retroperitoneal fibrosis or Ormond's disease is a disease featuring the proliferation of fibrous tissue in the Retroperitoneum, the compartment of the body containing Progressive Massive Fibrosis is also known as Complex Pneumoconiosis. Pneumoconiosis is an Occupational lung disease caused by the Inhalation of dust Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis ( NSF) or Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy is a rare and serious Syndrome that involves Fibrosis of skin joints Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic Liver Disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrous Scar tissue as well as regenerative The liver is a vital organ in the human body and is present in Vertebrates and some other animals Interstitial lung disease (ILD, also known as diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD, refers to a group of Lung diseases affecting the Interstitium Post-Vasectomy Pain Syndrome ( PVPS, PVP, CPTP, CPVSP) is a long-term Chronic pain condition that affects between 5% to 33% of Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive Sickle-cell disease or sickle-cell anaemia (or anemia) is a Blood disorder characterized by Red blood cells that assume an abnormal rigid The spleen is an organ found in all Vertebrate animals In humans the spleen is located in the abdomen of the body where it functions in the destruction of redundant Red
• Rheumatoid arthritis

References

Rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder that causes the Immune system to attack the Joints, where Dorland's is the brand name of a family of medical reference works (including dictionaries, spellers word books and spell-check software) in various media (including

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