Facial fibromatosis: benign and aggressive, yet treatable!

• Main Authors: Rodrigues Gabriel (Author), Sanjeev Ballal Devesh (Author), Pai Kantilatha (Author), Carnelio Sunitha (Author), Singhal Vikas (Author), Akhtar Shakeel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: EDP Sciences, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Fibromatosis or desmoid tumors are locally aggressive neoplasms that have a propensity for local invasion and recurrence. The mainstay of treatment is excision with negative margins and the role of radiotherapy is controversial. Desmoids arising in the head and neck area are rare and pose a dilemma...