Synonym(s)
Sclerosis (e)
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Pathological-anatomical term for a cell-poor proliferation of connective tissue with widened and often hyalized collagen bundles. Sclerosis is typically found in keloids or morphea or in lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. See also skin sclerosis.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer