title: Congenital cranial fasciitis--''watch and wait'' or early intervention.
abstract: Cranial fasciitis is a rare variant of nodular fasciitis of childhood, a benign condition cured by surgical excision. Recently, spontaneous involution has been reported and a ''watch and wait'' approach was recommended. We report an instance of a congenital cranial fasciitis that grew rapidly during a 10-month follow-up after fine needle aspiration and incisional biopsy. Conservative surgical excision was curative with no recurrence over a follow-up period of 4 years. Therefore, we recommend that early excision may be necessary in lieu of a ''watch and wait'' approach for large, rapidly growing cranial fasciitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. ckoh@pusan.ac.kr
authors.forename: Chang-Keun
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: So-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Whang
authors.forename: Byoung-Gyun
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun-Chang
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Chang-Hoon
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hak Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung-Sool
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D005208:Fasciitis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D016312:Treatment Refusal