Posttraumatic Intramuscular Nodular Fasciitis in a 7-Year-Old Boy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Markus Denzinger Sandra Steininger Niels Zorger Patricia Reis Wolfertstetter Christian Knorr

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Markus Denzinger
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Klinik St. Hedwig, Steinmetzstraße, Regensburg, Germany

A B S T R A C T

Nodular fasciitis is a rare disease, and its diagnosis is difficult. We present a case report of a seven-year-old child with progredient swelling of the left pectoralis muscle three weeks after trauma. After histopathological diagnosis, we performed complete resection. Normally, a conservative approach with regular follow-up is regarded as appropriate since nodular fasciitis does have the capability to regress spontaneously. Since recent publications indicate the possibility of malignant transformation, the complete primary resection also has to be discussed as therapy of choice.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature

Publication history

Received: Thu 20, May 2021
Accepted: Thu 03, Jun 2021
Published: Fri 18, Jun 2021

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© 2023 Markus Denzinger. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2021.06.06