Multiple occurrence of recurrent nodular fasciitis after surgical extirpation: masquarding as in-transit metastasis of sarcomatous presentation = Multiple occurrence of recurrent nodular fasciitis after surgical extirpation: masquarding as in-transit metastasis of sarcomatous presentation

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Nodular fasciitis (NF) is a rare benign fibrous tumor related with a proliferative reactive process arising mostly from the muscular fascia or deep subcutaneous region. It distinctively appeared as solitary nodule in young-aged patient with rapid growth, which gives its other name as pseudosarcomatous fibromatosis. A 16-year old boy visited our clinic for the palpable mass on the left shoulder. The initial lesion had already been partially removed by the skin biopsy at local clinic. The biopsy specimen showed only fragments of fibrous mass consisting of collagenous stroma with spindle-shaped cells, but no atypia or mitotic figure. Surgical excision was performed, of which the surgical specimen showed invasion of spindle shaped cells involving subcutaneous layer interlacing with conspicious collagenous fiborus stroma without malignant features. After 3 months, two nodules reappeared near the operation sites and the following biopsy results showed the same as before. We decided to observe the remaining lesions and there had been no significant changes for 5 months. Multiple lesional occurrence is as quite uncommon feature of NF as the recurrence after surgical treatment. Herein, we report a rare case of multiple recurrence of NF after surgical extirpation, which presented with in-transit metastasis of sarcoma-like feature.