Sentences with phrase «chronic fibrous tissue»

Mass lesions within the liver are often identified on ultrasound examination and can represent an area of liver healing (or regenerative nodule in a damaged region), a change in tissue content caused by storage of glycogen (starch, common in dogs with Cushing's Disease described below), infections (abscesses), biliary cysts, chronic fibrous tissue secondary to chronic hepatitis, or benign or malignant tumors.

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In reality, atherosclerotic plaques are made primarily of fibrous tissue (68 %) used by the body to cover lesions in the artery wall caused by chronic inflammation.

What we do know is that skin tags are composed of fibrous tissues which develop as a possible result of past damage, chronic trauma, skin infections, and genetic factors.

Chronic hepatitis in dogs, also called inflammatory canine hepatic disease, refers to a syndrome in which death of hepatic cells (hepatocellular necrosis) has occurred and is associated with a chronic inflammatory process which typically progresses to liver fibrosis (replacement of hepatic tissue with fibrous tissue) and cirrhosis (progressive derangement of the liver architecture and funChronic hepatitis in dogs, also called inflammatory canine hepatic disease, refers to a syndrome in which death of hepatic cells (hepatocellular necrosis) has occurred and is associated with a chronic inflammatory process which typically progresses to liver fibrosis (replacement of hepatic tissue with fibrous tissue) and cirrhosis (progressive derangement of the liver architecture and funchronic inflammatory process which typically progresses to liver fibrosis (replacement of hepatic tissue with fibrous tissue) and cirrhosis (progressive derangement of the liver architecture and function).

Liver failure due to cancer, toxins or cirrhosisa chronic disease of the liver marked by degeneration of cells, inflammation, and fibrous thickening of tissue.