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The fibromatosis is a heterogeneous group of soft tissue tumors. Histologically, they are composed of uniform, elongated, fusiform, or spindle shaped cells surrounded and separated by abundant collagen. Their clinical features, histological characteristics, sites of origin and management are discussed.
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Al-Salem, A.H. (2020). Infantile Fibromatosis. In: Atlas of Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29211-9_8
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