title: Nodular fasciitis of the finger.
abstract: Nodular fasciitis is a benign reactive lesion, often mistaken for a soft tissue sarcoma in clinical practice. Involvement of the finger is very rare and, as a result, in this location the lesion has sometimes been treated by ray amputation because of misdiagnosis. We report on the clinical and histological features of nodular fasciitis in a 30-year-old man who was treated by excisional biopsy. There has been no evidence of local recurrence at the recent follow-up 8 years after surgery. The importance of careful histological examination to avoid radical surgery should be emphasized because marginal excision can provide good results in the treatment of nodular fasciitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo 1-1-1, 010-8543 Akita, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kijima
authors.forename: Kyoji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nanjo
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Itoi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis