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Salivary Gland Nodular Fasciitis

MedGen UID:
1730527
•Concept ID:
C5420338
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A self-limiting, rapidly growing, non-encapsulated benign neoplasm that arises from the salivary glands. It is composed of fibroblastic/myofibroblastic cells. It usually occurs in the parotid gland. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSalivary Gland Nodular Fasciitis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical Utility of In Situ Hybridization Assays in Head and Neck Neoplasms.
Luk PP, Selinger CI, Cooper WA, Mahar A, Palme CE, O'Toole SA, Clark JR, Gupta R
Head Neck Pathol 2019 Sep;13(3):397-414. Epub 2018 Nov 22 doi: 10.1007/s12105-018-0988-1. PMID: 30467669Free PMC Article
Unexpected pathologies in pediatric parotid lesions: management paradigms revisited.
Jaryszak EM, Shah RK, Bauman NM, Howell RJ, Rossi CT, Preciado DA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2011 Apr;75(4):558-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.01.019. PMID: 21316113

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Update from the 5th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors: Salivary Glands.
Skálová A, Hyrcza MD, Leivo I
Head Neck Pathol 2022 Mar;16(1):40-53. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1007/s12105-022-01420-1. PMID: 35312980Free PMC Article
Nodular fasciitis of the parotid gland: A challenging diagnosis on FNA.
Allison DB, VandenBussche CJ, Rooper LM, Wakely PE, Rossi ED, Faquin WC, Ali SZ
Cancer Cytopathol 2018 Oct;126(10):872-880. Epub 2018 Oct 12 doi: 10.1002/cncy.22049. PMID: 30311731
Unexpected pathologies in pediatric parotid lesions: management paradigms revisited.
Jaryszak EM, Shah RK, Bauman NM, Howell RJ, Rossi CT, Preciado DA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2011 Apr;75(4):558-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.01.019. PMID: 21316113
Tumefactive fibro-inflammatory lesions of the head and neck.
Wold LE, Weiland LH
Am J Surg Pathol 1983 Jul;7(5):477-82. doi: 10.1097/00000478-198307000-00010. PMID: 6614311

Diagnosis

Nodular fasciitis of the submandibular gland.
Wong TS, Gan RWC, Karsai L, Wong BYW
BMJ Case Rep 2022 Apr 1;15(4) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245584. PMID: 35365465Free PMC Article
Update from the 5th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors: Salivary Glands.
Skálová A, Hyrcza MD, Leivo I
Head Neck Pathol 2022 Mar;16(1):40-53. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1007/s12105-022-01420-1. PMID: 35312980Free PMC Article
Clinical Utility of In Situ Hybridization Assays in Head and Neck Neoplasms.
Luk PP, Selinger CI, Cooper WA, Mahar A, Palme CE, O'Toole SA, Clark JR, Gupta R
Head Neck Pathol 2019 Sep;13(3):397-414. Epub 2018 Nov 22 doi: 10.1007/s12105-018-0988-1. PMID: 30467669Free PMC Article
Nodular fasciitis of the parotid gland: A challenging diagnosis on FNA.
Allison DB, VandenBussche CJ, Rooper LM, Wakely PE, Rossi ED, Faquin WC, Ali SZ
Cancer Cytopathol 2018 Oct;126(10):872-880. Epub 2018 Oct 12 doi: 10.1002/cncy.22049. PMID: 30311731
Nodular fasciitis in the parotid gland: a case report and review of the literature.
Peng WX, Kudo M, Yamamoto T, Inai S, Fujii T, Teduka K, Kawahara K, Naito Z
Diagn Cytopathol 2013 Sep;41(9):829-33. Epub 2013 Jun 8 doi: 10.1002/dc.22983. PMID: 23749727

Prognosis

Clinical Utility of In Situ Hybridization Assays in Head and Neck Neoplasms.
Luk PP, Selinger CI, Cooper WA, Mahar A, Palme CE, O'Toole SA, Clark JR, Gupta R
Head Neck Pathol 2019 Sep;13(3):397-414. Epub 2018 Nov 22 doi: 10.1007/s12105-018-0988-1. PMID: 30467669Free PMC Article
Nodular fasciitis of the parotid gland: A challenging diagnosis on FNA.
Allison DB, VandenBussche CJ, Rooper LM, Wakely PE, Rossi ED, Faquin WC, Ali SZ
Cancer Cytopathol 2018 Oct;126(10):872-880. Epub 2018 Oct 12 doi: 10.1002/cncy.22049. PMID: 30311731
Parotid gland solitary fibrous tumor: a case report and clinicopathologic review of 22 cases from the literature.
Bauer JL, Miklos AZ, Thompson LD
Head Neck Pathol 2012 Mar;6(1):21-31. Epub 2011 Oct 16 doi: 10.1007/s12105-011-0305-8. PMID: 22002440Free PMC Article
Unexpected pathologies in pediatric parotid lesions: management paradigms revisited.
Jaryszak EM, Shah RK, Bauman NM, Howell RJ, Rossi CT, Preciado DA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2011 Apr;75(4):558-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.01.019. PMID: 21316113

Clinical prediction guides

Nodular fasciitis in the parotid gland: a case report and review of the literature.
Peng WX, Kudo M, Yamamoto T, Inai S, Fujii T, Teduka K, Kawahara K, Naito Z
Diagn Cytopathol 2013 Sep;41(9):829-33. Epub 2013 Jun 8 doi: 10.1002/dc.22983. PMID: 23749727

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