Congenital desmoid tumor of the scalp: A histologically benign lesion with aggressive clinical behavior

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 409-412

  Martínez Lage, Juan F ^a   Acosta, Jesús ^a   Sola, Joaquín ^a   Poza, Máximo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital tumor; Cranial vault; Desmoid tumor; Fibromatosis; Scalp neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESMOID TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029886975     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00395097     Document Type: Article

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