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Intradermal Nodular Fasciitis of the Face
Author(s) -
Kang SookKyoung,
Kim HyoungHun,
Ahn SeJin,
Choi JeeHo,
Sung KyungJeh,
Moon KeeChan,
Koh JaiKyoung
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2002.tb00269.x
Subject(s) - nodular fasciitis , fasciitis , dermis , medicine , papule , fascia , deep fascia , nodule (geology) , pathology , subcutaneous tissue , pathological , dermatology , soft tissue , radiology , biology , lesion , paleontology
Nodular fasciitis represents reactive myofibroblastic proliferative lesions in the subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscles, and fascia. Uncommon clinical and pathological variants of nodular fasciitis, such as intravascular, cranial, ossifying, and proliferative fasciitis, have been described. Six cases documenting a dermal location of nodular fasciitis have been reported in the English literature. Some authors have described that the histopathological features of intradermal nodular fasciitis are virtually identical to those of postoperative/posttraumatic spindle cell nodule of the skin. We herein report a 41‐year‐old Korean woman presenting with a 0.5 cm facial papule in which nodular fasciitis occurred in the dermis.