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The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

November 2013

Aggressive desmoplastic fibromatosis – a clinicians dilemma case report and review of literature.

Author Information

Adesh S Manchanda,Balwinder Singh,Preeti Chawla Arora,Ramandeep S Narang,Satinder Walia

Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental sciences & Research , Amritsar, Punjab, India .,Reader, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental sciences & Research , Amritsar, Punjab, India .,Senior Lecturer, Department of Community Dentistry, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental sciences & Research , Amritsar, Punjab, India .,Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental sciences & Research , Amritsar, Punjab, India .,Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental sciences & Research , Amritsar, Punjab, India .

Publication

Summary

A rare case of aggressive desmoplastic fibromatosis in a 12-year-old girl is presented in this article with emphasis on the need and challenges for diagnosing such lesions as they have to be differentiated from other soft tissue tumors which display borderline pathological features regarding benign or malignant behaviour.

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