TY - JOUR
T1 - Intra-articular nodular fasciitis of the knee in a 4-year-old girl
T2 - A case report and review of the literature
AU - Ko, Po Y.
AU - Huang, Ming T.
AU - Song, Hsiang L.
AU - Lin, Mark C.J.
PY - 2013/7/1
Y1 - 2013/7/1
N2 - Nodular fasciitis is a benign, proliferative lesion of myofibroblasts developed from the fascia. It arises commonly in the upper extremities of adults and in the head and neck region of infants and children. Involvement of the knee is exceedingly rare. We report a case of a 4-year-old girl with a knee mass, causing limitation of knee flexion and pain. Arthroscopic examination was performed followed by arthrotomy and tumor excision. Pathologic findings revealed clusters of spindle cells with arrangement of storiform pattern in a loosely textured mucoid matrix. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest patient associated with articular nodular fasciitis in the knee joint.
AB - Nodular fasciitis is a benign, proliferative lesion of myofibroblasts developed from the fascia. It arises commonly in the upper extremities of adults and in the head and neck region of infants and children. Involvement of the knee is exceedingly rare. We report a case of a 4-year-old girl with a knee mass, causing limitation of knee flexion and pain. Arthroscopic examination was performed followed by arthrotomy and tumor excision. Pathologic findings revealed clusters of spindle cells with arrangement of storiform pattern in a loosely textured mucoid matrix. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest patient associated with articular nodular fasciitis in the knee joint.
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U2 - 10.1097/BPB.0b013e328356379f
DO - 10.1097/BPB.0b013e328356379f
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23744021
AN - SCOPUS:84879965571
VL - 22
SP - 350
EP - 352
JO - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
JF - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
SN - 1060-152X
IS - 4
ER -