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| Gross      = usu. upper extremity ~45% of cases
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==General==
==General==
*Benign.
*Benign.
*All age groups.
*All age groups - though typically 20-40 years old.
*Associated with trauma.
*Associated with trauma.
*Rapid growth - clinically concerning for malignancy.<ref name=pmid14569327>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chi | first1 = CC. | last2 = Kuo | first2 = TT. | last3 = Wang | first3 = SH. | title = Nodular fasciitis: clinical characteristics and preoperative diagnosis. | journal = J Formos Med Assoc | volume = 102 | issue = 8 | pages = 586-9 | month = Aug | year = 2003 | doi =  | PMID = 14569327 }}</ref>
*Rapid growth - clinically concerning for malignancy.<ref name=pmid14569327>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chi | first1 = CC. | last2 = Kuo | first2 = TT. | last3 = Wang | first3 = SH. | title = Nodular fasciitis: clinical characteristics and preoperative diagnosis. | journal = J Formos Med Assoc | volume = 102 | issue = 8 | pages = 586-9 | month = Aug | year = 2003 | doi =  | PMID = 14569327 }}</ref>
*Commonly misdiagnosed as malignant.<ref name=pmid17235006 >{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dinauer | first1 = PA. | last2 = Brixey | first2 = CJ. | last3 = Moncur | first3 = JT. | last4 = Fanburg-Smith | first4 = JC. | last5 = Murphey | first5 = MD. | title = Pathologic and MR imaging features of benign fibrous soft-tissue tumors in adults. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 27 | issue = 1 | pages = 173-87 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1148/rg.271065065 | PMID = 17235006 | URL = http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/1/173.long }}</ref>
Subtypes - location:<ref name=pmid17235006/>
*Subcutaneous.
*Intramuscular.
*Fascial
*Dermal - rare.
*Intravascular - rare.
==Gross==
*Usually upper extremity ~45% of cases.<ref name=pmid17235006/>
**Other locations in order: trunk (~20%), head and neck (~20%), and lower extremities (~15%).


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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DDx:<ref>URL: [http://www.mckeedermpath.com/SPOT%20DIAGNOSIS%20CASE%20268.html http://www.mckeedermpath.com/SPOT%20DIAGNOSIS%20CASE%20268.html]. Accessed on: 11 November 2011.</ref>
DDx:<ref>URL: [http://www.mckeedermpath.com/SPOT%20DIAGNOSIS%20CASE%20268.html http://www.mckeedermpath.com/SPOT%20DIAGNOSIS%20CASE%20268.html]. Accessed on: 11 November 2011.</ref>
*Myxoid [[DFSP]].
*Myxoid [[dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans]].
*Cellular [[dermatofibroma]].
*Cellular [[dermatofibroma]].
*[[Desmoid-type fibromatosis]].
*[[Desmoid-type fibromatosis]].

Revision as of 03:17, 29 September 2013

Nodular fasciitis
Diagnosis in short

Nodular fasciitis. H&E stain.
LM usu. well-circumscribed, clusters of (non-pleomorphic) spindle cells, inflammation (lymphocytes), microcysts in cellular regions - uncommon, mitoses - common, extravasated RBCs.
IHC CD34 -ve, desmin -ve, SMA -ve, S-100 -ve, AE1/AE3 -ve.
Molecular t(15;15) ?
Gross usu. upper extremity ~45% of cases
Site soft tissue - fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours
Clinical history associated with trauma
Prevalence uncommon
Prognosis benign

Nodular fasciitis is an uncommon soft tissue lesion. It should not to be confused with necrotizing fasciitis.

General

  • Benign.
  • All age groups - though typically 20-40 years old.
  • Associated with trauma.
  • Rapid growth - clinically concerning for malignancy.[1]
  • Commonly misdiagnosed as malignant.[2]

Subtypes - location:[2]

  • Subcutaneous.
  • Intramuscular.
  • Fascial
  • Dermal - rare.
  • Intravascular - rare.

Gross

  • Usually upper extremity ~45% of cases.[2]
    • Other locations in order: trunk (~20%), head and neck (~20%), and lower extremities (~15%).

Microscopic

Features:[3][4]

  • Usu. well-circumscribed.
  • Clusters of (non-pleomorphic) spindle cells.
  • Inflammation (lymphocytes).
  • Microcysts in cellular regions - uncommon - discriminatory.
  • Mitoses - common.
  • Extravasated RBCs.

The BD feature list:[5][6]

  • Tissue culture-like/CNS-like morphology.
  • Thick (keloid-like) collagen bundles - key feature.
  • Extravasated RBCs.
  • Inflammation.
  • +/-Giant cells.

Notes:

  • No significant nuclear atypia.
  • No atypical mitoses.
  • May be cellular.

DDx:[7]

Images

  • NF - case 1 - intermed. mag. (WC)

  • NF - case 1 - high mag. (WC)

  • NF - case 2 - intermed. mag. (WC)

  • NF - case 2 - high mag. (WC)

  • NF - low mag. (WC)

  • NF - high mag. (WC)

www:

IHC

Routine spindle cell panel:

  • CD34 -ve.
  • Desmin -ve.
  • SMA -ve.
  • S-100 -ve.
  • AE1/AE3 -ve.

Others:

  • H-caldesmon -ve.
  • EMA -ve.
  • Vimentin +ve.

Molecular

  • Evolving - case reports.
    • t(15;15)(q13;q25).[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chi, CC.; Kuo, TT.; Wang, SH. (Aug 2003). "Nodular fasciitis: clinical characteristics and preoperative diagnosis.". J Formos Med Assoc 102 (8): 586-9. PMID 14569327.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dinauer, PA.; Brixey, CJ.; Moncur, JT.; Fanburg-Smith, JC.; Murphey, MD.. "Pathologic and MR imaging features of benign fibrous soft-tissue tumors in adults.". Radiographics 27 (1): 173-87. doi:10.1148/rg.271065065. PMID 17235006.
  3. ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 606. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  4. ↑ de Feraudy S, Fletcher CD (September 2010). "Intradermal nodular fasciitis: a rare lesion analyzed in a series of 24 cases". Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 34 (9): 1377–81. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ed7374. PMID 20716998.
  5. ↑ Dickson, B. 26 April 2011.
  6. ↑ URL: http://anvita.info/wiki/Nodular_Fasciitis. Accessed on: 11 November 2011.
  7. ↑ URL: http://www.mckeedermpath.com/SPOT%20DIAGNOSIS%20CASE%20268.html. Accessed on: 11 November 2011.
  8. ↑ Velagaleti GV, Tapper JK, Panova NE, Miettinen M, Gatalica Z (March 2003). "Cytogenetic findings in a case of nodular fasciitis of subclavicular region". Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 141 (2): 160–3. PMID 12606136.
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