Open AccessProliferative Fasciitis in Childhood: A Review of Clinical Data Apropos of a Case
Author(s) -
Dimitrios Sfoungaris,
Vassilios Mouravas,
Chrysostomos Kepertis,
Vassilios Lambropoulos,
Ioannis Spyridakis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24274.9444
Subject(s) - medicine , dermis , lesion , dermatology , soft tissue , nodular fasciitis , fasciitis , pathology , surgery
Proliferative Fasciitis (PF) is a benign lesion with histologic and clinical features overlapping with those of malignant soft tissue tumours. Its occurrence in children is considered very rare. We present a case of PF appearing as a painful, red, gradually increasing in size lesion, during a period of a few weeks, on the finger of a five-year-old boy compromising the dermis and subcutaneous tissue. We were able to locate literature on 20 paediatric PF cases, which we review. Only five of these focus on the clinical data, the rest describing mainly histological findings. It is the first reported paediatric case appearing on the finger.