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aggressive infantile fibromatosis

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aggressive infantile fibromatosis

noun
A childhood counterpart of abdominal or extra-abdominal desmoid tumors, characterized by firm subcutaneous nodules that grow rapidly in any part of the body but do not metastasize.

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