Extra-abdominal fibromatosis invading the mandible: case report
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2002Author
Akama Mathew K.
Chindia ML.
Guthua Symon W.
Nyong'o A.
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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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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12380872http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15558
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East African medical journal 2002 Jan;79(1):49-50Publisher
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]