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It covers a broad group of benign fibroblastic tissue proliferation of similar microscopic appearance.
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It covers a broad group of benign fibroblastic tissue proliferation of similar microscopic appearance.
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A. Superficial: (1) palmar f. (Dupuytren’s contracture), (2) plantar f. (Ledderhose’s disease), (3) penile f. (Peyronie’s disease) and (4) knuckle pads.
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B. Deep (desmoid-type fibromatosis): (1) extra-abdominal f. and (2) abdominal f.
T2 MR images, coronal of the thigh and sagittal of the foot. The thigh lesion has a low signal and infiltrates the muscles, whereas one in the foot is nodular with a high signal. Both behaviors are possible on different masses in the same patient
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Fabbri, N. (2014). Fibromatosis. In: Picci, P., Manfrini, M., Fabbri, N., Gambarotti, M., Vanel, D. (eds) Atlas of Musculoskeletal Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01748-8_60
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