title: Giant tumor formed by nodular fasciitis of the pharynx: a case report.
abstract: Nodular fasciitis caused a benign tumor which is composed of fibrous tissue. The most commonly affected site is the upper extremity, which accounts for half of all cases. Ten to 20% of the lesions occur in the head and neck area, most of which are subcutaneous. We report a case of nodular fasciitis, which presented as an unusually large submucosal tumor of the pharynx. The tumor was extended from the retropharyngeal to the parapharyngeal space, and it was measured 8 x 4 x 3 cm in size. Since nodular fasciitis is known for the spontaneous regression, the tumor was transorally debulked by the use of YAG laser.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komiyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uemura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002465:Cell Movement; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010614:Pharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed