title: Nodular fasciitis of the lower eyelid in a pediatric patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a 14-year-old boy with a 1-month history of a rapidly growing, nontender, lower eyelid mass.
  
  
  METHODS
  The specimen was studied using light microscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although magnetic resonance imaging suggested a chronic vascular lesion, histopathologic analysis after excisional biopsy was consistent with nodular fasciitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nodular fasciitis is a relatively common soft-tissue lesion and represents a benign, reactive process. Lesions in the head and neck develop more frequently in children and adolescents than in adults, but periorbital lesions are uncommon. This is the first reported case of nodular fasciitis of the lower eyelid in a pediatric patient.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, USA.
authors: D C
authors: DC
authors: Hymas
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Mamalis
authors: D V
authors: DV
authors: Pratt
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Scott
authors: R L
authors: RL
authors: Anderson
authors: P D
authors: PD
authors: Langer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology*; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male