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fasciitis

Wednesday 2 July 2003

Definition : A fasciitis is the inflammation of a muscular fascia.

Subtypes

- acute fasciitis
- chronic fasciitis

  • lymphocytic fasciitis
  • histiocytic fasciitis (macrophagic fasciitis )
  • lymphohistiocytic fasciitis
  • eosinophilic fasciitis

-  fibroblastic tumors (so-called "fasciitis ")

    • nodular fasciitis
    • proliferative fasciitis
    • cranial fasciitis

See also

- fascia anomalies