title: Imaging characteristics of aggressive fibromatosis in children.
abstract: Aggressive fibromatosis (AF) is a benign, non-metastatic proliferation of fibroblasts in the musculoaponeurotic compartment that tend to infiltrate locally and recur after surgical resection. Wide local excision with adequate clear margins is the treatment of choice. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are excellent in delineating the extent and depth of these lesions. Thus they play an important role in the surgical management of these patients. There are a few descriptions of the MRI characteristics of these lesions in children. Radiographically, our cases are typical of others described in the literature-hypointense on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted images.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn 11203, USA.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Petchprapa
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schraft
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005542:Forearm; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007717:Knee; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D013249:Sternum; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed