sclerosis
Under sclerosis ( ancient Greek σκληρός skleros , German , hard ' ) refers to a hardening of organs or tissues by an increase of the connective tissue . Sclerosis is not an independent disease, but a consequence of another underlying disease .
The cause is often tissue damage as a result of inflammation , circulatory disorders or aging . Likewise, autoimmune diseases lead to sclerosis. The result is an uncontrolled production of connective tissue, which leads to hardening. The affected organs become hard and lose their elasticity.
Examples of sclerosis are:
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- arteriosclerosis
- multiple sclerosis
- Bone sclerosis
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Lichen sclerosus
- Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
- Melorheostosis
- Mesial temporal sclerosis
- Otosclerosis
- Scleroderma
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Cerebral sclerosis
Sclerosis can also be caused by the (medically) intentional injection of sclerosing medication, for example for variceal obliteration , sclerotherapy of hemorrhoids or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Willibald Pschyrembel : Clinical Dictionary , 266th, updated edition, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033997-0, keyword sclerosis
- ^ Entry on sclerosis in the Flexikon , a wiki of the DocCheck company
