fasciitis
{{short description|Inflammation process in fascia}}
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Fasciitis is an inflammation of the fascia,{{cite web|title=fasciitis|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fasciitis|publisher=TheFreeDictionary|access-date=20 January 2014}} 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,{{cite journal | vauthors = Kuyumcu G, Zhang Y, Ilaslan H | title = Case 272: Decubital Ischemic Fasciitis | journal = Radiology | volume = 293 | issue = 3 | pages = 721–724 | date = December 2019 | pmid = 31751192 | doi = 10.1148/radiol.2019171255 | url = | doi-access = }} classified by the World Health Organization, 2020, as a specific tumor form in the category of fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors.{{cite journal | vauthors = Sbaraglia M, Bellan E, Dei Tos AP | title = The 2020 WHO Classification of Soft Tissue Tumours: news and perspectives | journal = Pathologica | volume = 113 | issue = 2 | pages = 70–84 | date = April 2021 | pmid = 33179614 | pmc = 8167394 | doi = 10.32074/1591-951X-213 | url = }}
- Eosinophilic fasciitis
- Paraneoplastic fasciitis
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