FIBROSIS

'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:

★ Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas and lungs

★ Endomyocardial fibrosis, idiopathic myocardiopathy

★ Cirrhosis can result from fibrosis of the liver

★ Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis of the lung

★ Diffuse parenchymal lung disease

★ Mediastinal fibrosis

★ 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