Extra-abdominal fibromatosis invading the mandible: Case report | Zendy

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Extra-abdominal fibromatosis invading the mandible: Case report

Author(s) -

M K Akama,

M.L. Chindia,

S.W. Guthua,

A. Nyong’o

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

east african medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102

H-Index - 40

ISSN - 0012-835X

DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v79i1.8926

Subject(s) - medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , fibromatosis , resection , malignant transformation , abdominal wall , surgery , radiology , pathology , biology , botany , genus

Extra-abdominal fibromatosis (desmoid tumour) is a rare aggressive neoplasm with a tendency to infiltrate local structures but rarely metastasises or undergoes spontaneous malignant transformation. The treatment of choice is surgery, however, recurrences have been reported even after wide-field resection. This article presents a case of extra-abdominal fibromatosis that had extensively invaded the mandible.

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