Nodular fasciitis of the oro-facial region

• Main Authors: Priya Subramaniam, Ramdas Balakrishna, P Mahendra, K Gilhotra
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
• Series: Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
• Subjects: Benign; nodular fasciitis; swelling; tumor
• Online Access: http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2012;volume=3;issue=5;spage=16;epage=18;aulast=Subramaniam

Nodular fasciitis is a benign proliferative spindle-cell lesion that presents as a rapidly growing mass frequently being mistaken for a sarcoma. A rare presentation and treatment of nodular fasciitis in the cheek of an 8-year-old boy is described here. He came with a chief complaint of swelling in the left cheek since 1 month which rapidly increased to the size of a marble, over a period of 1 month. Surgical excision of the lesion was planned under general anesthesia following which the surgical site was closed with resorbable sutures. Based on the history, clinical picture, and histopathological examination, the lesion was diagnosed as nodular fasciitis. Although infrequent in both children and the oral mucosa, nodular fasciitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of facial tumors in infants and young children.