Encapsulation of tumours as a modified wound healing response.
Tumour capsules may arise as the result of a modified wound healing response, consequent upon disturbance of the normal tissue architecture caused by an expanding tumour.
D000818:Animals; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014945:Wound Healing