Sclerosis (medicine)

Under sclerosis (Greek σκληρός skleros "hard" ) refers to a hardening of an organ or tissue through an increase in connective tissue. The sclerosis is therefore not an independent disease, but a result of another underlying disease.

Cause is often tissue damage as a result of inflammation, circulatory disorders or aging processes. Similarly, autoimmune diseases can lead to sclerosis. Sequence is an uncontrolled production of connective tissue, which results in the hardening. The affected organs become hard and lose their elasticity.

Examples of sclerosis are:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Arteriosclerosis
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Bone sclerosis
  • Cirrhosis
  • Interstitial lung fibrosis
  • Otosclerosis
  • Melorheostosis
  • Scleroderma
  • Tuberous sclerosis
  • Cerebrosclerosis

Sclerosis can also be caused by the ( medical ) deliberate injection of sclerosing medications, for example, for varices or in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

  • Pathology
Organ (anatomy) Tissue (biology) Pulmonary fibrosis
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