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Extra-abdominal fibromatosis invading the mandible: Case report


M. K. Akama
M. L. Chindia
S. W. Guthua
A. Nyong’o

Abstract

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.


(East African Medical Journal: 2002 79(1): 49-50)

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