TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Desmoid Tumor A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Soft-tissue neoplasms that originate from aponeurotic tissues• Referred to as "aggressive fibromatosis" and behave as low-grade malignant lesions• Locally aggressive but virtually never metastasize• Present as enlarging, often painless, soft-tissue mass• Most often occur in abdominal wall scars, especially in a cesarean section incision• Strongly associated with familial polyposis syndromes• Intra-abdominal desmoids occur most commonly in the setting of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58108787 ER -