Case Report
2014 June
Volume : 2 Issue : 2


Aggressive fibromatosis – Case report and brief review of literature

Pratap Reddy T, Shitalkumar Surana, Lalitha, Jagadishwar Goud G, Sailaja M

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 Pratap Reddy T1,*, Shitalkumar Surana1, Lalitha1, Jagadishwar Goud G2 and Sailaja M3

 

1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

2 Department of Surgical Oncology, Minimal Inavasive and Robotic assisted Laparoscopy, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

 

*Corresponding author: Dr. Pratap Reddy, M.D.(RT), FUICC(USA), Head of the department, Radiation Oncology, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India. Email: thammipratap@rediffmail.com

 

Received 30 January 2014; Revised 6 March 2014; Accepted 12 March 2014

 

Citation: Pratap Reddy T, Shitalkumar Surana, Lalitha, Jagadishwar Goud G, Sailaja M (2014) Aggressive fibromatosis – Case report and brief review of literature. J Med Sci Res 2(2):68-71. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2014/2-013  

 

Copyright: © 2014 Pratap Reddy T et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Aggressive fibromatosis is a benign tumor which arises from deep musculoaponeurotic structures and can occur anywhere in the body. It is characterized by local invasion and recurrence. It has been reported to occur in the head and neck (H & N) region, with 179 cases documented between 1968 and 2008. 

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