Rapidly growing nodular fasciitis in the cheek of an infant: case report of a rare presentation.

摘要: Nodular fasciitis is defined by the World Health Organization as a benign and reactive fibroblastic growth extending from superficial fascia into subcutaneous tissue or muscle.1 It tumor-like spindle-cell lesion that often mistaken for sarcoma result of its rapid growth, rich cellularity, mitotic activity.2 The proliferating fundamentally composed myofibroblasts, which are commonly found in granulation tissue, arterial intima, stroma desmoids, fibromatoses, angiofibromas, soft-tissue sarcomas.3 presents rapidly growing mass, occasionally with pain tenderness. treatment complete excision recurrence rare. They generally small, solitary, equally distributed between genders, more common third to fifth decades life.4 Lesions located on extremities, trunk, infrequently head neck. orofacial region rare but, when they do occur, most skin face, parotid gland, buccal mucosa, labial tongue.5 We present an unusual presentation facial nodular infant.