[Ischemic fasciitis. A case report].
Ischemic fasciitis, also called atypical decubital fibroplasia, was recently described as a distinctive fibroblastic proliferation occurring predominantly in elderly, bed-ridden individuals. It is very rare. Forty cases only are reported in the literature. We report the observation of a 50-year-old patient, having an antecedent of prolonged confinement, who presents since 1 year a tumefaction compared to the higher end of the tibia of soft consistency with inflammatory signs in glance. The pathologic examination shows a pseudo tumoral lesion of ischemic fasciite type. Through this observation, we suggest to review the various problems of diagnostic differentials in particular with a sarcoma of soft tissues and to discuss the anatomoclinic features of this recent description lesion.
Znati
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K
Laboratoire d'anatomie pathologique, hôpital El-Ghassani, CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc. kaoutarznati@yahoo.fr
Daoudi
A
A
Elfatemi
H
H
Chbani
L
L
Bennis
S
S
Boutayeb
F
F
Amarti
A
A
D005208:Fasciitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged