See Also: Desmoplastic reaction(health)
Desmoplastic(health)
desmoplastic(medicine)
desmoplastic fibroma(medicine)
Fibroma, desmoplastic(health)
desmoplastic trichoepithelioma(medicine)
fibroma, desmoplastic(medicine)
desmoplastic tumours(medicine)
desmoplastic malignant melanoma(medicine)
desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma(medicine)

Desmoplastic reaction (health)


This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction, the pervasive growth of dense fibrous tissue around the tumor. Scar tissue (adhesion) within the abdomen after abdominal surgery is another type of desmoplastic reaction.