Desmoid tumor — Desmoid tumors are benign soft tissue tumors that occur most often in young adults and involve the limbs or trunk but can also arise in the abdomen or thorax. Desmoid tumors are benign. They never metastasize (spread to other parts of the body).… … Medical dictionary
Desmoid-Tumor — Der Desmoid Tumor ist ein Tumor aus der Gruppe der Fibromatosen, der sich an den Umhüllungen von Muskeln (Muskelfaszien) bildet. Aufgrund seines Verhaltens, der Neigung in das umliegende Gewebe infiltrierend einzuwachsen wird der Desmoid Tumor… … Deutsch Wikipedia
desmoid tumor — A tumor of the tissue that surrounds muscles, usually in the abdomen. A desmoid tumor rarely metastasizes (spreads to other parts of the body). It may be called aggressive fibromatosis when the tumor is outside of the abdomen … English dictionary of cancer terms
Desmoid — Der Desmoid Tumor ist ein strahlenresistenter Tumor aus der Gruppe der Fibromatosen, der sich an den Umhüllungen von Muskeln (Muskelfaszien) bildet. Aufgrund seines Verhaltens, der Neigung in das umliegende Gewebe infiltrierend einzuwachsen wird… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tumor, desmoid — Desmoid tumors are benign soft tissue tumors that occur most often in young adults and involve the limbs or trunk but can also arise in the abdomen or thorax. Desmoid tumors are benign. They never metastasize (spread to other parts of the body).… … Medical dictionary
desmoid — 1. Fibrous or ligamentous. 2. A nodule or relatively large mass of unusually firm scarlike connective tissue resulting from active proliferation of fibroblasts, occurring most frequently in the abdominal muscles of women who have borne children;… … Medical dictionary
tumor — 1. Any swelling or tumefaction. 2. SYN: neoplasm. 3. One of the four signs of inflammation (t., calor, dolor, rubor) enunciated by Celsus. [L. t., a swelling] acinar cell t. a … Medical dictionary
desmoid — /dez moyd/, adj. Anat., Zool. 1. resembling a fascia or fibrous sheet. 2. resembling a ligament; ligamentous. n. 3. Pathol. a firm and tough tumor of nonmetastasizing, fibrous tissue. [1840 50; < Gk desm(ós) (see DESMID) + OID] * * * … Universalium
desmoid fibromatosis — see under tumor … Medical dictionary
desmoid — /dez moyd/, adj. Anat., Zool. 1. resembling a fascia or fibrous sheet. 2. resembling a ligament; ligamentous. n. 3. Pathol. a firm and tough tumor of nonmetastasizing, fibrous tissue. [1840 50; < Gk desm(ós) (see DESMID) + OID] … Useful english dictionary
