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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Benign. | *Benign. | ||
*May mimic a sarcoma.<ref name=pmid1058047>{{Cite journal | last1 = Chung | first1 = EB. | last2 = Enzinger | first2 = FM. | title = Proliferative fasciitis. | journal = Cancer | volume = 36 | issue = 4 | pages = 1450-8 | month = Oct | year = 1975 | doi = | PMID = 1058047 }}</ref> | |||
Clinical: | |||
*Solid subcutaneous nodule. | |||
*Rapid growth. | *Rapid growth. | ||
*May be painful. | |||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
* | *Classically upper and lower extremities.<ref name=pmid1058047/> | ||
*Poorly demarcated. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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*Frequent typical mitoses. | *Frequent typical mitoses. | ||
**'''No''' atypical mitoses. | **'''No''' atypical mitoses. | ||
DDx: | |||
*[[Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour]].<ref name=pmid17938159>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gleason | first1 = BC. | last2 = Hornick | first2 = JL. | title = Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours: where are we now? | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 61 | issue = 4 | pages = 428-37 | month = Apr | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2007.049387 | PMID = 17938159 }}</ref> | |||
Images: | Images: | ||
*[http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/pathology/Case%20Studies/known-pathology-cases/95_4-page Proliferative fasciitis - several images (virginia.edu)]. | *[http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/pathology/Case%20Studies/known-pathology-cases/95_4-page Proliferative fasciitis - several images (virginia.edu)]. | ||
*[http://www.surgicalpathologyatlas.com/glfusion/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090721114221299 Proliferative fasciitis (surgicalpathologyatlas.com)]. | |||
==Elastofibroma== | ==Elastofibroma== | ||