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

doi:10.1016/j.epsc.2021.102027

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

Affiliations

Tamotsu Kobayashi: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Yutaka Kanamori: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan; Corresponding author. Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan.
Mai Kutsukake: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Masataka Takahashi: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Motohiro Kano: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Teizaburo Mori: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Satoko Yamagishi: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Ryoya Furugane: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Akihiro Fujino: Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Takumi Shiobara: Department of Radiology, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Yoshiyuki Tsutsumi: Department of Radiology, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Osamu Miyazaki: Department of Radiology, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Chizuko Haga: Department of Pathology, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan
Takako Yoshioka: Department of Pathology, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8353, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2021.102027
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 74
p. 102027

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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.

Published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-5766 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-pediatric-surgery-case-reports

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