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Aggressive fibromatosis or desmoid tumor is a rare condition. Desmoid tumors are a type of fibromatosis and related to sarcoma, though without the ability to spread throughout the body (metastasize). The tumors arise from cells called fibroblasts, which are found throughout the body and provide structural support, protection to the vital organs ...
The white tumor infiltrates the adjacent skeletal muscle (red tissue – lower left) and fat (yellow tissue – upper left). This tendency for invasion of adjacent normal tissues and structures is the reason that desmoid-type fibromatosis has a relatively high rate of local recurrence, even after surgical removal. Specialty: Oncology
Desmoid-type fibromatosis, also termed desmoid tumor and aggressive fibromatosis [26] Lipofibromatosis, a mixture of lipofibromatosis tumors with different gene abnormalities; [27] these tumors differ from lipofibromatosis-like neural tumors which have not been classified as fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors. Giant cell fibroblastoma [28]
The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation (DTRF) is an American non-profit organization which funds research on desmoid tumors (aggressive fibromatosis), a rare soft-tissue tumor affecting 5–6 people per million per year. [1] Its goal is to improve treatments and find a cure. [2] The organization was founded in 2005 by Marlene Portnoy and Jeanne ...
Gardner syndrome is an autosomal dominant form of polyposis characterized by the presence of multiple polyps in the colon together with tumors outside the colon. [3] The extracolonic tumors may include osteomas of the skull, thyroid cancer, epidermoid cysts, fibromas, [4] as well as the occurrence of desmoid tumors in approximately 15% of ...
Gynecology. A dermoid cyst is a teratoma of a cystic nature that contains an array of developmentally mature, solid tissues. It frequently consists of skin, hair follicles, and sweat glands, while other commonly found components include clumps of long hair, pockets of sebum, blood, fat, bone, nail, teeth, eyes, cartilage, and thyroid tissue.
Desmoplastic small-round-cell tumor (DSRCT) is an aggressive and rare cancer that primarily occurs as masses in the abdomen. [4] Other areas affected may include the lymph nodes, the lining of the abdomen, diaphragm, spleen, liver, chest wall, skull, spinal cord, large intestine, small intestine, bladder, brain, lungs, testicles, ovaries, and the pelvis.
In medicine, desmoplasia is the growth of fibrous connective tissue. [1] It is also called a desmoplastic reaction to emphasize that it is secondary to an insult. Desmoplasia may occur around a neoplasm, causing dense fibrosis around the tumor, [1] or scar tissue (adhesions) within the abdomen after abdominal surgery.