title: [Ischemic fasciitis. A case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'anatomie pathologique, hôpital El-Ghassani, CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc. kaoutarznati@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Znati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daoudi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elfatemi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chbani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bennis
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boutayeb
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amarti
mesh_terms: D005208:Fasciitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged