title: [Nodular fasciitis of the orbit].
abstract: A 46-year-old patient is described who presented with a pea-sized painless tumor in the upper eyelid. Surgical excision and histologic diagnosis revealed a proliferating spindle cell tumor with an inflammatory reaction, which was identified as nodular fasciitis. Differential diagnosis, incidence of such tumors in the orbit and treatment are discussed.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Noduläre Fasziitis der Orbita.