title: Nodular fasciitis in the oral cavity.
abstract: Rapidly growing soft-tissue lesions in the oral and maxillofacial region can represent a variety of diagnoses involving radically different treatment modalities. Accurate diagnosis is important to avoid unnecessary and often mutilating surgery. Nodular fasciitis is a rapidly proliferating fibroblastic lesion that presents as a tumour-like mass. Although up to 20% of cases occur in the head and neck region, lesions of the oral cavity are extremely rare. A case of oral nodular fasciitis is described, and a review of the literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Toronto General Hospital, faculty of dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Avon
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Clokie
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Sandor
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery