title: Exclusively intracranial cranial fasciitis in a child. Case report.
abstract: The authors present a case of an intracranial tumor in a 7-year-old girl leading to increasing hemiparesis. The lesion arose from the dura and consisted of fibroblasts in a myxoid matrix. The diagnosis of cranial fasciitis was made. The histological, immunohistological, and ultrastructural features of the tumor are described and the differential diagnosis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pagenstecher
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Emmerich
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: van Velthoven
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korinthenberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Volk
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009077:Mucins / Q000032:analysis; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009077:Mucins; D003094:Collagen