%0 Journal Article %T Fascitis nodular en regi車n facial en edades pedi芍tricas Nodular fasciitis present in facial area in children %A Dadonim Vila Morales %A Ernesto S芍nchez Cabrales %J Revista Cubana de Estomatologˋ-a %D 2009 %I Editorial Ciencias M谷dicas %X Prop車sito: Presentar 3 casos de fascitisnodular de regi車n facial. M谷todo: Se realiz車 un estudio de los pacientes que comprendi車 examen f赤sico, an芍lisis de laboratorio y radiol車gico. Se describi車 la conducta quir迆rgica o m谷dica realizada en cada caso y su diagn車stico anatomopatol車gico. Resultados: Se mostr車 el m谷todo cient赤fico como 迆nica v赤a de llegar al diagn車stico certero, a pesar de enfrentar el reto de diagnosticar una entidad nosol車gica inusual en la cirug赤a maxilofacial. Se discuti車 la evoluci車n de cada paciente y la literatura consultada. Conclusiones: Resulta muy 迆til la presentaci車n de estos casos, pues esta tumoraci車n presenta una localizaci車n muy poco frecuente en cara y su r芍pido crecimiento y evoluci車n cl赤nica son habitualmente dif赤ciles de interpretar. Aim: To present 3 cases of nodular fasciitis in facial area. Method: A study was carried out in patients including physical examination, laboratory and radiologic analysis. Surgical or medical behavior was described present in each case with an anatomical and the pathological diagnosis was made. Results: Scientific method was the only route to achieve an accurate diagnosis despite the challenge of diagnosing an uncommon disease entity in maxillofacial surgery. In each patient the course was discussed as well as a literature review. Conclusions: The presentation of these cases is very essential since this tumor has a not much location in the face and its fast developmental and clinical course are often difficult to interpret. %K Tumores reactivos %K proliferaci車n pseudotumoral %K fascitis nodular %K fascitis facial %K Reactive tumors %K pseudotumoral proliferation %K nodular fasciitis %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-75072009000300009