Fibrodysplasia

Fibrodysplasia

Fibrodysplasia may refer to:

* Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a rare disease in which fibrous tissue such as muscle turns to bone when damaged.
* Fibromuscular dysplasia, a disease characterized by the fibrous thickening of the renal artery.
* Fibrous dysplasia, a disease that causes growths or lesions in one or more bones of the human body.


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  • Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva — Infobox Disease Name = Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Caption = DiseasesDB = 8732 ICD10 = ICD10|M|61|1|m|60 ICD9 = ICD9|728.11 ICDO = OMIM = 135100 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = derm eMedicineTopic = 609 MeshID = D009221 Fibrodysplasia… …   Wikipedia

  • Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 M61.1 Myositis ossificans progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 M61.1 Myositis ossificans progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fibrodysplasia ossificans muliplex progressiva — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 M61.1 Myositis ossificans progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • fibrodysplasia — noun Abnormal development of fibrous tissue …   Wiktionary

  • fibrodysplasia — Abnormal development of fibrous connective tissue. f. ossificans progressiva [MIM*135100] a generalized disorder of connective tissue in which there is ectopic ossification with bone replacing tendons, fasciae, and ligaments; a lethal …   Medical dictionary

  • fibrodysplasia — n. abnormal development affecting connective tissue …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva — noun A very rare disease of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including muscle, tendon, and ligament) becomes ossified when damaged …   Wiktionary

  • Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) — A rare but dramatic genetic disorder that turns muscles, tendons and ligaments into bone, threatening to transform the victim into a statue of stone. FOP is characterized by physical handicap due to bone forming in the wrong places and malformed… …   Medical dictionary

  • fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva — a rare, progressive, fatal, autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutation of the ACVR1 gene (locus: 2q23 q24), which encodes a receptor that signals a specific transcriptional response related to growth and differentiation. It is characterized… …   Medical dictionary

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