Preferred Label : fasciitis;
Definition : Inflammation of the fascia. There are three major types: 1, Eosinophilic fasciitis,
an inflammatory reaction with eosinophilia, producing hard thickened skin with an
orange-peel configuration suggestive of scleroderma and considered by some a variant
of scleroderma; 2, Necrotizing fasciitis (fasciitis, necrotizing), a serious fulminating
infection (usually by a beta hemolytic streptococcus) causing extensive necrosis of
superficial fascia; 3, Nodular/Pseudosarcomatous /Proliferative fasciitis, characterized
by a rapid growth of fibroblasts with mononuclear inflammatory cells and proliferating
capillaries in soft tissue, often the forearm; it is not malignant but is sometimes
mistaken for fibrosarcoma. [MeSH];
UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0015645;
Origin ID : RID3446;
UMLS CUI : C0015645;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Inflammation of the fascia. There are three major types: 1, Eosinophilic fasciitis,
an inflammatory reaction with eosinophilia, producing hard thickened skin with an
orange-peel configuration suggestive of scleroderma and considered by some a variant
of scleroderma; 2, Necrotizing fasciitis (fasciitis, necrotizing), a serious fulminating
infection (usually by a beta hemolytic streptococcus) causing extensive necrosis of
superficial fascia; 3, Nodular/Pseudosarcomatous /Proliferative fasciitis, characterized
by a rapid growth of fibroblasts with mononuclear inflammatory cells and proliferating
capillaries in soft tissue, often the forearm; it is not malignant but is sometimes
mistaken for fibrosarcoma. [MeSH]
