"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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fibromatosis, Aggressive" by people in Profiles.
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Thacker MM. Benign soft tissue tumors in children. Orthop Clin North Am. 2013 Jul; 44(3):433-44, xi.
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Skapek SX, Anderson JR, Hill DA, Henry D, Spunt SL, Meyer W, Kao S, Hoffer FA, Grier HE, Hawkins DS, Raney RB. Safety and efficacy of high-dose tamoxifen and sulindac for desmoid tumor in children: results of a Children's Oncology Group (COG) phase II study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Jul; 60(7):1108-12.
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Barak S, Wang Z, Miettinen M. Immunoreactivity for calretinin and keratins in desmoid fibromatosis and other myofibroblastic tumors: a diagnostic pitfall. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012 Sep; 36(9):1404-9.
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Hosalkar HS, Torbert JT, Fox EJ, Delaney TF, Aboulafia AJ, Lackman RD. Musculoskeletal desmoid tumors. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2008 Apr; 16(4):188-98.
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Weiss ES, Burkart AL, Yeo CJ. Fibromatosis of the remnant pancreas after pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy. J Gastrointest Surg. 2006 May; 10(5):679-88.
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Hosalkar HS, Fox EJ, Delaney T, Torbert JT, Ogilvie CM, Lackman RD. Desmoid tumors and current status of management. Orthop Clin North Am. 2006 Jan; 37(1):53-63.
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Church J, Berk T, Boman BM, Guillem J, Lynch C, Lynch P, Rodriguez-Bigas M, Rusin L, Weber T. Staging intra-abdominal desmoid tumors in familial adenomatous polyposis: a search for a uniform approach to a troubling disease. Dis Colon Rectum. 2005 Aug; 48(8):1528-34.
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Anthony T, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Weber TK, Petrelli NJ. Desmoid tumors. J Am Coll Surg. 1996 Apr; 182(4):369-77.
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Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Mahoney MC, Karakousis CP, Petrelli NJ. Desmoid tumors in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. Cancer. 1994 Aug 15; 74(4):1270-4.