Intradermal nodular fasciitis of the face.
Nodular fasciitis represents reactive myofibroblastic proliferative lesions in the subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscles, and fascia. Uncommon clinical and pathological variants of nodular fasciitis, such as intravascular, cranial, ossifying, and proliferative fasciitis, have been described. Six cases documenting a dermal location of nodular fasciitis have been reported in the English literature. Some authors have described that the histopathological features of intradermal nodular fasciitis are virtually identical to those of postoperative/posttraumatic spindle cell nodule of the skin. We herein report a 41-year-old Korean woman presenting with a 0.5 cm facial papule in which nodular fasciitis occurred in the dermis.
Kang
Sook-Kyoung
SK
Department of Dermatology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Hyoung-Hun
HH
Ahn
Se-Jin
SJ
Choi
Jee-Ho
JH
Sung
Kyung-Jeh
KJ
Moon
Kee-Chan
KC
Koh
Jai-Kyoung
JK
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016896:Treatment Outcome