Nodular fasciitis of the finger.
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.
Kijima
Hiroaki
H
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo 1-1-1, 010-8543 Akita, Japan.
Okada
Kyoji
K
Ito
Hiroki
H
Shimada
Yoichi
Y
Nanjo
Hiroshi
H
Itoi
Eiji
E
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