Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Fibromatosis, Aggressive  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A childhood counterpart of abdominal or extra-abdominal desmoid tumors, characterized by firm subcutaneous nodules that grow rapidly in any part of the body but do not metastasize. The adult form of abdominal fibromatosis is FIBROMATOSIS, ABDOMINAL. (Stedman, 25th ed)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Desmoid

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J108BK9H-T

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 6/25/93, last modified 6/29/18