The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

November 2019

Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis-Clinical Study of an Uncommon Disease

Author Information

Kumar SS(1), Rajeevan K(2), Devarajan E(3).

(1)Department of Surgical Oncology, Government Medical College Kozhikode, Kozhikode, 673008 India. (2)Department of Pathology, Government Medical College Kozhikode, Kozhikode, 673008 India. (3)Department of Radiology, Government Medical College Kozhikode, Kozhikode, 673008 India.

Publication

Indian J Surg Oncol

Summary

Desmoid-type fibromatosis is an uncommon disease which mimics sarcoma but is more locally aggressive but with less metastatic potential than sarcoma. Diagnosis is difficult and treatment protocols have changed to include more non-surgical options as compared with sarcoma. This is a retrospective study of the clinical presentation, imaging findings, treatment given, and outcomes of pathologically proven desmoid-type fibromatosis patients who presented to government medical college Kozhikode.

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