Since Connective Tissue Is Found Throughout The Body, Desmoid Tumors Can Occur Anywhere
Desmoid Tumors |
Desmoid Tumours frequently form in the body's fibrous
(connective) tissues, which surround, support, and connect other body parts and
organs. The cell that causes the desmoid tumour is the myofibroblast. Desmoid Tumors can infect nearby
tissues and are challenging to manage. Anywhere in the body can support their
growth. Deep desmoids are typically more aggressive than superficial desmoids
(abdominal, extra abdominal, mesenteric). These growths resemble thick scar
tissue. They are frequently challenging to remove because they stick to nearby
organs and structures. Desmoid tumours have traditionally been treated with
surgery, however up to 20–30% of cases will recur.
Due to its resemblance to the malignant (cancerous) tumour
known as fibrosarcoma, desmoid tumour is often referred to as aggressive
fibromatosis. The fact that it does not metastasis (spread to other parts of
the body) makes it benign. Desmoid
Tumors are fibrous
neoplasms with cytological blandness that develop in the body's
musculoaponeurotic tissues. The Greek word desmos, which means tendonlike, was
used by Muller to coin the term desmoid in 1838. Desmoid tumours frequently
present as firm overgrowths of fibrous tissue that are infiltrative, typically
well-differentiated, and localised aggressive. The marked cellularity and
aggressive local behaviour are described by the synonym aggressive
fibromatosis.
When healthy cells' DNA is harmed, the result is frequently a
mass of changed, uncontrollably growing cells called a tumor. A tumour may be
benign or cancerous. A cancerous tumour is malignant, meaning it can grow and
spread to other parts of the body, called metastasis, if it is not found early
and treated. A benign tumour means the tumour can grow but will not spread to
distant places in the body.
Soft-tissue tumours of the desmoid variety develop from
fibrous tissue. Desmoid Tumors are
related to sarcomas, which are connective tissue cancers, but they are not
cancer because they do not spread to other parts of the body. Desmoid tumours
can develop anywhere in the body because the body is made up of fibrous tissue.
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