TY - JOUR
T1 - Intravascular fasciitis of the scalp as a complication of ICP monitor placement
T2 - a case report and review of the literature
AU - Tankam, Cyril S.
AU - Stoltzfus, Mason T.
AU - Tachie-Baffour, Yaw
AU - Fanburg-Smith, Julie C.
AU - Rizk, Elias B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Background/Importance: There are only 56 documented cases of intravascular fasciitis, a rare variant of nodular fasciitis. Of these cases, only 2 involved the scalp. This lesion is amenable to surgical resection, making it important to differentiate it from soft tissue malignancies of the scalp. Clinical presentation: We report an unusual case of intravascular fasciitis involving the scalp at the site of an intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor of a 13-year-old male patient. The lesion was surgically excised with no recurrence upon 1-month follow-up. Conclusion: Intravascular fasciitis is a benign, reactive proliferation of soft tissue that may arise at sites of prior trauma. It appears as a soft, painless, mobile lesion, and immunohistochemical studies are required to differentiate it from malignant lesions. The standard of care is surgical resection of the lesion.
AB - Background/Importance: There are only 56 documented cases of intravascular fasciitis, a rare variant of nodular fasciitis. Of these cases, only 2 involved the scalp. This lesion is amenable to surgical resection, making it important to differentiate it from soft tissue malignancies of the scalp. Clinical presentation: We report an unusual case of intravascular fasciitis involving the scalp at the site of an intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor of a 13-year-old male patient. The lesion was surgically excised with no recurrence upon 1-month follow-up. Conclusion: Intravascular fasciitis is a benign, reactive proliferation of soft tissue that may arise at sites of prior trauma. It appears as a soft, painless, mobile lesion, and immunohistochemical studies are required to differentiate it from malignant lesions. The standard of care is surgical resection of the lesion.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00381-023-06050-8
DO - 10.1007/s00381-023-06050-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 37386316
AN - SCOPUS:85163741726
SN - 0256-7040
VL - 39
SP - 3617
EP - 3620
JO - Child's Nervous System
JF - Child's Nervous System
IS - 12
ER -