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Cranial fasciitis: presentation as a post-auricular mass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Khalid Iqbal*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi
Ghulam Saqulain
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi
I. H. Udaipurwala
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi
Junaid Ashraf
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi.
Farrukh Aijaz
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
M. Jalisi
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Khalid Iqbal, F.C.P.S., Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Dow Medical College, Civil Hospital, Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Fax: 92-21-2620452

Abstract

Cranial fasciitis is a rare variant of nodular fasciitis. It is a benign condition with features resembling sarcoma, seen principally in young males. It involves the skull bones and grows at a rapid pace. Accurate diagnosis and surgical excision is the key to management. Prognosis is good with recurrence rare. By 1992, 17 cases had been reported in the literature. The present case is the first reported in pakinstan.It presented as post auricular mass.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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