Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Nov 2021)

Nodular fasciitis occurring at the anterior abdominal wall in a 12-year-old female

  • Tamotsu Kobayashi,
  • Yutaka Kanamori,
  • Mai Kutsukake,
  • Masataka Takahashi,
  • Motohiro Kano,
  • Teizaburo Mori,
  • Satoko Yamagishi,
  • Ryoya Furugane,
  • Akihiro Fujino,
  • Takumi Shiobara,
  • Yoshiyuki Tsutsumi,
  • Osamu Miyazaki,
  • Chizuko Haga,
  • Takako Yoshioka

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 74
p. 102027

Abstract

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Nodular fasciitis occurring at the anterior abdominal wall in a 12-year-old female is reported. Nodular fasciitis has recently been recognized as a kind of neoplasm and its characteristic fusion genes such as MYH9-USP6 have been reported. The mass reported here occurred in a pediatric patient and the mass originated at the abdominal wall, whose clinical features were extremely rare.

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