title: Nodular fasciitis of the hand over the metacarpophalangeal joint: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study describes a case of nodular fasciitis involving the hand and reviews the neoplasm's pertinent clinical, histologic, and pathologic features.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient's chart, operative record, histologic specimens, and relevant literature were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report a case of nodular fasciitis involving the hand of a 55-year-old woman that was treated with marginal excision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nodular fasciitis is a self-limited, benign soft tissue tumor composed of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts that typically afflicts younger patients and rarely presents in the hand. Because of its presentation, it can be easily mistaken for a malignant neoplasm. However, most cases represent a reactive and therefore a polyclonal process. Marginal excision generally provides definitive treatment.
authors: NewJersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
authors: Alexander M
authors: AM
authors: Sailon
authors: Guy
authors: G
authors: Cappuccino
authors: Meera
authors: M
authors: Hameed
authors: Earl J
authors: EJ
authors: Fleegler