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fibromatosis
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fibromatosis [¦fī·brō·mə′tō·səs]
(medicine)
The occurrence of multiple fibromas.
Localized proliferation of fibroblasts without apparent cause.


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Abstract We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with aggressive fibromatosis of the oropharynx that was initially treated elsewhere as a peritonsillar abscess.
Desmoplastic fibroma is generally considered a bone counterpart of aggressive fibromatosis of soft tissue (desmoid tumor).
Aggressive fibromatosis describes the formation of a soft-tissue mass (desmoid tumor) that can be classified pathologically at any point along the spectrum between benign and malignant.
 
 
 
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