"Fibromatosis, Aggressive" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A childhood counterpart of abdominal or extra-abdominal desmoid tumors, characterized by firm subcutaneous nodules that grow rapidly in any part of the body but do not metastasize. The adult form of abdominal fibromatosis is FIBROMATOSIS, ABDOMINAL. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D018222
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.565.590.340.410
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| Concept/Terms |
Fibromatosis, Aggressive- Fibromatosis, Aggressive
- Aggressive Fibromatoses
- Aggressive Fibromatosis
- Fibromatoses, Aggressive
- Desmoid
- Desmoids
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fibromatosis, Aggressive" by people in Profiles.
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Desmoid tumor: a case of mistaken identity. Breast J. 2005 Jan-Feb; 11(1):60-4.
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Desmoid tumors in a woman with idiopathic multicentric osteolysis: result of three etiologic factors or coincidence? Am J Clin Oncol. 2000 Aug; 23(4):376-8.
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Surgery versus radiation therapy for patients with aggressive fibromatosis or desmoid tumors: A comparative review of 22 articles. Cancer. 2000 Apr 01; 88(7):1517-23.
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Intestinal transplantation: an early experience. Transplant Proc. 1996 Oct; 28(5):2734-5.