(1) If infection and inflammation continue, fibrosis , or tissue scarring, occurs.(2) Most patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease do not progress to advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis.(3) The nonneoplastic liver showed mild fibrosis without signs of cirrhosis or hepatitis.(4) Asbestosis is the interstitial pneumonitis and fibrosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers.(5) Fine crackles are heard with pulmonary edema, pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis .(6) For the analysis of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis, the fibrotic responses of the lung were scored as previously reported.(7) Oral submucous fibrosis is a pre-malignant fibrotic condition of the mouth that exhibits excessive collagen production.(8) The persistence of the myofibroblastic phenotype in the areas of active fibrosis is a characteristic finding in fibrotic lung disease.(9) We investigated the prognostic factors for fibrotic interstitial pneumonia.(10) Histologic examination shows folded and fibrotic visceral pleura with atelectasis and variable amounts of chronic inflammation in the adjacent lung parenchyma.
