desmoplasia

Definition: Desmoplasia indicates any pathological condition where fibrous connective tissue invades any organ, usually as a consequence of inflammation or other injury.

Examples

 desmoplastic stroma
 desmoplastic tumors

Images

 desmoplastic trichoepithelioma

• https://twitter.com/phmckee1948/status/803902119078232064

 desmoplastic trichilemmoma

• https://twitter.com/JRamirezMD/status/810830378680414208

 desmoplastic melanoma

• https://twitter.com/phmckee1948/status/815446558254780416

See also

 fibrosis

• fibrozing tumors

See also

 desmoplastic anomalies
 desmoplastic tumors