Structured Summary
Abstract
A relatively large mass of unusually firm scarlike connective tissue resulting from active participation of fibroblasts, occurring most frequently in the abdominal muscles of women who have borne children. The fibroblasts infiltrate surrounding muscle and fascia. (Stedman, 25th ed)
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- Fibromatosis, Abdominal
- Abdominal Fibromatoses
- Fibromatoses, Abdominal
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
abdominal refers to the abdominal muscles; multiple; solitary = probably FIBROMA; do not coordinate with ABDOMINAL MUSCLES or ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS
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Previous Indexing
- Fibroma (1967-1993)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Abdominal Fibromatosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018221. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018221
- Abdominal Fibromatosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54889321