Cranial fasciitis resembling infantile fibrosarcoma differentiated by genetic assay
Cranial fasciitis resembling infantile fibrosarcoma differentiated by genetic assay
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通过基因检测鉴别类似于婴儿纤维肉瘤的颅筋膜炎
DOI:
10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.01161.x
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发表时间:
2011
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影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Nakayama J
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作者:
Imafuku S;Takahashi A;Hashizumi Y;Sasamoto K;Tokumaru R;Iwasaki H;Nakayama J
Letters to the Editor our research, there have been only 31 cases reported in the English-language published work. With its rapid growth and infiltrative nature, it is occasionally suspected as a malignant tumor. 3 We herein report a case of cranial fasciitis that histopathologically resembled infantile fibrosarcoma and the usefulness of a genetic assay to exclude malignancy. A 5-year-old boy presented with a complaint of a firm mass above the left eyebrow. The mass enlarged rapidly in 2 months. He had had no history of trauma in the area. Upon examination, a firm mass with telangiectasia on its surface, sized 4 cm in diameter, was observed above the left eyebrow (Fig. 1). The first impression of the physician in charge was a rhabdomyosarcoma. Computed tomography, as well as ultrasonography, revealed a relatively well-defined mass coalescent to the frontalis muscle. The tumor was surgically removed under general anesthesia in an operating room. At surgery, there was a vague demarcation involving the frontalis muscle, and the tumor seemed to originate from the galea aponeurotica. Erosion of the bony skull was not seen. The tumor was resected as a mass including the overlaying skin and a part of the frontalis muscle. Partial palsy of the frontal branch of the facial nerve was observed after the surgery.