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American Journal of Neuroradiology 24:1465-1467, August 2003
© 2003 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
PEDIATRICS

Cranial Fasciitis of Childhood

Harold F. Keyserlinga, Mauricio Castilloa and J. Keith Smitha

a From the Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC

Address correspondence to Harold Keyserling, M.D., Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27559

Summary: Cranial fasciitis is a benign fibroblastic tumor of the skull found almost exclusively in young children. It is histologically identical to nodular fasciitis. We present the clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings of a 7-month-old male infant with cranial fasciitis of the skull. Herein, we include the first description of this entity’s diffusion-weighted imaging appearance. Although rare, cranial fasciitis can mimic more aggressive processes both clinically and radiographically.






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