Sclerosis (medicine)

Sclerosis
Other names	Sclerosus
Micrograph of subepithelial sclerosus (middle third of image) in a case of lichen sclerosus. H&E stain.

Sclerosis (from

, which refers to the process of sclerosis.

Common medical conditions whose pathology involves sclerosis include:

• motor neurons
  .
• Atherosclerosis, a deposit of fatty materials, such as cholesterol, in the arteries which causes hardening.
• Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is a disease that attacks the kidney's filtering system (glomeruli) causing serious scarring and thus a cause of nephrotic syndrome in children and adolescents,^[1] as well as an important cause of kidney failure in adults.
• Hippocampal sclerosis, a brain damage often seen in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy.
• Lichen sclerosus, an inflammatory skin disease that most often affects the vulva and the penis.
• Multiple sclerosis, or focal sclerosis,^[2] is a central nervous system disease which affects coordination.
• Osteosclerosis, a condition where the bone density is significantly increased, resulting in decreased lucency on radiographs.
• Otosclerosis, a disease of the ears.
• Primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscle weakness in the voluntary muscles.
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis, a hardening of the bile duct by scarring and repeated inflammation.
• Systemic sclerosis (progressive systemic scleroderma
  ), a rare, chronic disease which affects the skin, and in some cases also blood vessels and internal organs.
• Tuberous sclerosis, a rare genetic disease which affects multiple systems.

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