Case Report
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 |
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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 |
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F: female; M: male; US: ultrasonography.
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