Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast Mimicking Breast Cancer

Table 1

Reported cases of nodular fasciitis in the literature.

Author	Year	Sex	Age	Size (cm)	Mammography	Ultrasonography	Treatmnet
Baba et al. [1]	1978	Female	59	—	—	—	Excised
Fritsches and Muller [2]	1983	—	36	3.0	Unspecified	unspecified	Excised
Torngren et al. [3]	1991	Female	52	1.5	Unspecified	unspecified	Excised
Stanley et al. [4]	1993	—	—	1.5	Unspecified	unspecified	observed
Benson et al. [5]	1994	—	44	1.5	Unspecified	unspecified	Excised
Black et al. [6]	1994	Female	84	3.4	High density mass with microlobulated margin	—	Excised
Green et al. [7]	1997	—	61	2.5	Unspecified	unspecified	Excised
Kontogeorgos et al. [8]	1988	—	—	—	—	—	—
B. Maly and A. Maly [9]	2001	Female	15	2.0	Unspecified	unspecified	Excised
Dahlstrom et al. [10]	2001	Female	38	1.2	High dense mass with indistinct margin	hypoechoic lesion with a smooth margin	Excised
Polat et al. [11]	2002	Female	66	—	High density circumscribed mass	hypoechoic lesion	Excised
Tulbah et al. [12]	2003	Female	18	—	Not performed	Not perfomed	Excised
Brown and Carty [13]	2005	Female	65	5.5	High density mass with microlobulated margin	unspecified	observed
Porter et al. [14]	2006	Female	75	—	High density mass with microlobulated margin	—	—
Porter et al. [14]	2006	Female	52	—	—	hypoechoic round lesion with well-circumscribed margin	—
Hayashi et al. [15]	2007	Female	41	1.5	High density mass with spiculation	hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin	Excised
Squillaci et al. [16]	2007	Male	40	3.5	High density mass with microlobulated margin	hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin	Excised
Ozben et al. [17]	2009	Female	18	0.8	Not performed	hypoechoic lesion	Excised
Iwatani et al. [18]	2012	Female	25	0.5	High density mass with distortion	hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin	Excised
Paker et al. [19]	2013	Male	17	1.5	Not performed	Not perfomed	Excised
Son et al. [20]	2013	Female	41	1.1	High dense mass with indistinct margin	hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin	Excised

F: female; M: male; US: ultrasonography.