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Desmoid Fibroma

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Definition: It is a benign neoplasm composed of spindle cells and collagen, similar to desmoid tumor of soft tissues.

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  1. 3rd Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Clinic Prevalently Oncologic, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Laura Campanacci MD

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  1. Muscoloskeletal Oncology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Piero Picci

  2. Department of Surgery, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Manfrini

  3. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

    Nicola Fabbri

  4. Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Istituto Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Gambarotti

  5. Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Istituto Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Daniel Vanel

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Campanacci, L. (2014). Desmoid Fibroma. 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_24

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