Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
2011 Oct;54(10):711-714. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2011.54.10.711.
Two Cases of Nodular Fasciitis in External Ear Region
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea. yoontm@chonnam.ac.kr
- 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
- KMID: 2141158
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2011.54.10.711
Abstract
- Nodular fasciitis is a benign reactive myofibroblastic proliferative lesion of unknown etiology. It is classically presented as a freely mobile, solitary, rapidly growing superficial nodule. It can mimic an early mesenchymal malignancy dut to its rapid growth rate and histologic appearances such as high cellularity and mitotic activity. Nodular fasciitis of the auricular region is uncommon. Here, we describe, along with a literature review, the cases of two patients with nodular fasciitis as a tragal and infrauricular mass.
