Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2019

NODULAR FASCIITIS;A CHALLENGING DIAGNOSIS: A RARE CASE REPORT

Dr Pratik Sharan, Dr Mrityunjay Sarawgi

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INTRODUCTION: Nodular fasciitis is a soft tissue lesion found in the superficial fascia.Also known as Pseudosarcomatous fasciitis is a rare diagnosis but may present clinically as soft tissue sarcoma. CASE PRESENTATION: A 42 yr old male with an ulceroproliferative growth over left shoulder progressively growing, non tender,base fixed to underlying structures,no axillary lymphadenopathy.Chest Xray was normal.MRI shoulder shows a vascular growth fixed to the deep fascia.Wedge biopsy showed spindle cell tumor.Patient went Excisional biopsy which revealed Nodular Fasciitis. DISCUSSION: Nodular fasciitis is a reactive proliferation mimicking sarcoma commonly involving upper limb,head-neck and trunk and even oral cavity.Can occur equally in both sexes with common age of presentation between 20-40 yrs. CONCLUSION: Nodular fasciitis presents as a subcutaneous swelling but can rarely present in an ulceroproliferative growth, and thus in any such growth nodular fasciitis can be a diagnosis.

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NODULAR FASCIITIS;A CHALLENGING DIAGNOSIS: A RARE CASE REPORT , Dr Pratik Sharan, Dr Mrityunjay Sarawgi GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2019

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