Oral nodular fasciitis: Report of a case of the buccal mucosa

Leventis, Minas; Vardas, Emmanouil; Gkouzioti, Aikaterini; Chrysomali, Evanthia; Chatzistamou, Ioulia

doi:10.1016/j.jcms.2010.04.014

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Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 340-342, July 2011

Oral nodular fasciitis: Report of a case of the buccal mucosa

Minas Leventis
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. C. Alexandridis), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Corresponding author: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, 5 Makrinitsas Street, 11522 Athens, Greece. Tel./fax: +30 2106424400.
Emmanouil Vardas
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. C. Alexandridis), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Aikaterini Gkouzioti
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. Dr. R. Schmelzeisen), Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
Evanthia Chrysomali
- Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology (Head: Prof. Dr. A. Sklavounou), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Ioulia Chatzistamou
- Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology (Head: Prof. Dr. A. Sklavounou), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Received 6 October 2009; accepted 23 April 2010. published online 07 June 2010.

Abstract

Nodular fasciitis is a benign, reactive, proliferative spindle-cell lesion, usually located at the subcutaneous tissues or muscle fascia. Clinically, it manifests as a soft-tissue mass with well-defined margins and fixed to the adjacent structures. Because of its rapid growth rate, rich cellularity and relatively high mitotic activity, nodular fasciitis is sometimes misdiagnosed as a sarcoma. Accurate diagnosis is based only on histopathological examination. A rare case of nodular fasciitis of the buccal mucosa in a 50-year-old female patient is presented.

Keywords: Nodular fasciitis, Oral cavity, Pathology