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Desmoid tumor: an unusual case of gross hematuria
Therapeutic Advances in Urology, 2015 Desmoid tumors are rare soft-tissue masses originating from the proliferation of fibroblasts in the fibroconnective tissues. Intra-abdominal desmoid tumors pose special diagnostic challenge due to multiplicity of differential diagnoses, and difficulty to
Sudhir Isharwal +4 more
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Multicentric extra-abdominal desmoid tumors arising in bilateral lower limbs
Rare Tumors, 2010 Extra-abdominal desmoid tumors preferentially affect the shoulders, arms, backs, buttocks, and thighs of young adults. Multicentric occurrence is rather rare but seems to be another distinctive feature of extra-abdominal desmoid tumors.
Nobuhiro Fukushima +5 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018 Background Desmoid-type fibromatosis is characterized by desmoid tumors, which are benign soft tissue tumors that can be locally aggressive but typically do not metastasize.
Tatsuhiko Ogawa
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Desmoid-type fibromatosis of the splenic hilum: A rare tumor at an unusual location
Nigerian Journal of Surgery, 2020 Desmoid-type fibromatoses (DTFs), also known as desmoid tumors, are benign but infiltrative neoplasms that often appear next to previous surgical site. Intra-abdominal tumors usually involve the mesentery, but splenic hilum is an unusual localization. We
Ana Sanchez-Gollarte +7 more
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Idiopathic desmoid-type fibromatosis of the pancreatic head: case report and literature review [PDF]
, 2014 Desmoid-type fibromatosis (DTF) is an uncommon nonmetastatic fibrous neoplasm. Sporadic intraperitoneal DTF is rarely described in current literature. We herein report a case of DTF of unknown cause involving the pancreatic head.
Baoling Tian +5 more
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Surgical Oncology, 2007 Desmoid tumors are rare, benign, fibromatous lesions that are the result of abnormal proliferation of myofibroblasts. Desmoid tumors can be classified as extra-abdominal and abdominal. Abdominal desmoid tumors are either superficial or intraabdominal.
Sakorafas, George H. +2 more
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Aggressive intraabdominal fibromatosis [PDF]
, 2006 Background. Intraabdominal or mesenteric fibromatosis is a rare benign nonmetastatic neoplasm that appears as a sporadic lesion or in patients with familiar polyposis. Its evolution is unpredictable.
Grubor Nikica +5 more
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The paradox of cancer genes in non-malignant conditions: implications for precision medicine. [PDF]
, 2020 Next-generation sequencing has enabled patient selection for targeted drugs, some of which have shown remarkable efficacy in cancers that have the cognate molecular signatures.
Adashek, Jacob J +3 more
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Desmoid Tumours in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Review of 17 Patients from a Portuguese Tertiary Center [PDF]
, 2016 INTRODUCTION: Desmoid Tumours (DT) are benign tumours with an estimated incidence of 2-4 per million per year. Between 7-16% of them are associated with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) and are mostly parietal or intra-abdominal.
Martins, V. +3 more
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Resection and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction of a Desmoid Tumor with Endometrioma Features
Case Reports in Surgery, 2016 Desmoid tumors are rare, musculoaponeurotic mesenchymal origin tumors arising from the proliferation of well-differentiated fibroblasts. Desmoid tumors may arise from any location with the abdominal cavity, abdominal wall and extremity locations being ...
Jaqueline Majors +3 more
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