Fasciitis

Short description: Inflammation process in fascia

Fasciitis is an inflammation of the fascia,^[1] which is the connective tissue surrounding muscles, blood vessels and nerves.

In particular, it often involves one of the following diseases:

Necrotizing fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis
Ischemic fasciitis,^[2] classified by the World Health Organization, 2020, as a specific tumor form in the category of fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors.^[3]
Eosinophilic fasciitis
Paraneoplastic fasciitis

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