Preferred Name

Fasciitis [Disease/Finding]
Synonyms

Fasciitis

Fascitis

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000001212

altLabel

Fasciitis

Fascitis

cui

C0015645

MESH 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 DUI

D005208

MeSH name

Fasciitis

MESH UI

M0008239

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000001212

NUI

N0000001212

prefLabel

Fasciitis [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

203123000

36948007

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000002067

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