| 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.
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| Synonym | fasciitides
fasciitis (disorder)
fasciitis [disease/finding]
fasciitis nos
fasciitis unspecified
fasciitis unspecified (disorder)
fasciitis, diffuse
fasciitis, nos
fasciitis, unspecified
fascitides
fascitis
inflammation of the fascia
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