Proliferative Fasciitis in Childhood: A Review of Clinical Data Apropos of a Case
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 2
Abstract
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.
Authors and Affiliations
Dimitrios Sfoungaris, Vassilios Mouravas, Chrysostomos Kepertis, Ioannis Spyridakis
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- DOI 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24274.9444
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