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Connective tissue disease, also known as connective tissue disorder, or collagen vascular diseases, refers to any disorder that affects the connective tissue. [1] The body's structures are held together by connective tissues, consisting of two distinct proteins : elastin and collagen .
Plantar fascial fibromatosis, also known as Ledderhose's disease, Morbus Ledderhose, and plantar fibromatosis, is a relatively uncommon [2] non-malignant thickening of the feet's deep connective tissue, or fascia. In the beginning, where nodules start growing in the fascia of the foot, the disease is minor.
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (/ ˌ f aɪ b r oʊ d ɪ ˈ s p l eɪ ʒ (i) ə ɒ ˈ s ɪ f ɪ k æ n z p r ə ˈ ɡ r ɛ s ɪ v ə /; [1] abbr. FOP), also called Münchmeyer disease or formerly myositis ossificans progressiva, is an extremely rare connective tissue disease in which fibrous connective tissue such as muscle, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone tissue (ossification).
Bethlem myopathy 1 is a rare disease, affecting about 1 in 200,000 people. [8] Bethlem myopathy 2 is an ultra-rare disease, affecting less than 1 in 1,000,000 people. [9] The condition was described by J. Bethlem and G. K. van Wijngaarden in 1976. [10]
Loeys–Dietz syndrome (LDS) is an autosomal dominant genetic connective tissue disorder. It has features similar to Marfan syndrome and Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. [3] [4] [5] The disorder is marked by aneurysms in the aorta, often in children, and the aorta may also undergo sudden dissection in the weakened layers of the wall of the aorta.
Signs and symptoms which (a) are suggestive of a connective tissue disease, but (b) do not meet the criteria of any defined connective tissue diseases, [12] and (c) have lasted for at least three years. (Note if less than three years may be regarded as early UCTD). Positive ANA test on two different occasions. [3] [18]
More and more women are choosing to establish themselves in their careers first and then having children. However, the fact is that America also has way fewer teen moms than it had in the 1990s.
Different types of connective tissue disease, such as transitory illnesses and the early stages of characterized connective tissue diseases that will become completely defined in a few months or years, should be considered in the differential diagnosis. [66]