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Nodular fasciitis of the finger

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Nodular fasciitis is a benign reactive lesion, often mistaken for a soft tissue sarcoma in clinical practice. Involvement of the finger is very rare and, as a result, in this location the lesion has sometimes been treated by ray amputation because of misdiagnosis. We report on the clinical and histological features of nodular fasciitis in a 30-year-old man who was treated by excisional biopsy. There has been no evidence of local recurrence at the recent follow-up 8 years after surgery. The importance of careful histological examination to avoid radical surgery should be emphasized because marginal excision can provide good results in the treatment of nodular fasciitis.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo 1-1-1, 010-8543, Akita, Japan

    Hiroaki Kijima, Kyoji Okada, Hiroki Ito, Yoichi Shimada & Eiji Itoi

  2. Department of Clinical Pathology, Akita University Hospital, Hondo 1-1-1, 010-8543, Akita, Japan

    Hiroshi Nanjo

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Kijima, H., Okada, K., Ito, H. et al. Nodular fasciitis of the finger. Skeletal Radiol 34, 121–123 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-004-0816-4

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