title: Oral nodular fasciitis: report of a case of the buccal mucosa.
abstract: Nodular fasciitis is a benign, reactive, proliferative spindle-cell lesion, usually located at the subcutaneous tissues or muscle fascia. Clinically, it manifests as a soft-tissue mass with well-defined margins and fixed to the adjacent structures. Because of its rapid growth rate, rich cellularity and relatively high mitotic activity, nodular fasciitis is sometimes misdiagnosed as a sarcoma. Accurate diagnosis is based only on histopathological examination. A rare case of nodular fasciitis of the buccal mucosa in a 50-year-old female patient is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. C. Alexandridis), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. minasleventis@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Minas
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leventis
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vardas
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gkouzioti
authors.forename: Evanthia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chrysomali
authors.forename: Ioulia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chatzistamou
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis