Table 1: Reported cases of nodular fasciitis in the breast
No. | Author | Year | Sex | Age | Size (cm) | Mammography | Ultrasonography | Treatment |
1 | Baba et al. [3] | 1978 | Female | 59 | - | - | - | Excised |
2 | Fritsches and Muller [4] | 1983 | - | 36 | 3.0 | Unspecified | Unspecified | Excised |
3 | Torngren et al. [5] | 1991 | Female | 52 | 1.5 | Unspecified | Unspecified | Excised |
4 | Stanley et al. [6] | 1993 | - | - | 1.5 | Unspecified | Unspecified | Observed |
5 | Benson et al. [7] | 1994 | - | 44 | 1.5 | Unspecified | Unspecified | Excised |
6 | Black et al. [8] | 1994 | Female | 84 | 3.4 | High density mass with micro-lobulated margin | - | Excised |
7 | Green et al. [9] | 1997 | - | 61 | 2.5 | Unspecified | Unspecified | Excised |
8 | Kontogeorgos et al. [10] | 1998 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
9 | B Mary and A. Maly [11] | 2001 | Female | 15 | 2.0 | Unspecified | Unspecified | Excised |
10 | Dahlstorm et al. [12] | 2001 | Female | 38 | 1.2 | High density mass with indistinct margin | Hypoechoic lesion with a smooth margin | Excised |
11 | Polat et al. [13] | 2002 | Female | 66 | - | High dense mass with circumscribed mass | Hypoechoic lesion | Excised |
12 | Tulbah et al. [14] | 2003 | Female | 18 | - | Not performed | Not performed | Excised |
13 | Brown and Carty [15] | 2005 | Female | 65 | 5.5 | High density mass with micro-lobulated margin | Unspecified | Observed |
14 | Porter et al. [16] | 2006 | Female | 75 | - | High density mass with micro-lobulated margin | - | - |
15 | Porter et al. [16] | 2006 | Female | 52 | - | - | Hypoechoic round lesion with circumscribed margin | - |
16 | Hayashi et al. [17] | 2007 | Female | 41 | 1.5 | High density mass with spiculation | Hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin | Excised |
17 | Squillaci et al. [18] | 2007 | Male | 40 | 3.5 | High density mass with spiculation | Hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin | Excised |
18 | Ozben et al. [19] | 2009 | Female | 18 | 0.8 | Not performed | Hypoechoic lesion | Excised |
19 | Iwatani et al. [20] | 2012 | Female | 25 | 0.5 | High density mass with distortion | Hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin | Excised |
20 | Paker et al. [21] | 2013 | Male | 17 | 1.5 | Not performed | Not performed | Excised |
21 | Son et al. [22] | 2013 | Female | 41 | 1.1 | High density mass with indistinct margin | Hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin | Excised |
22 | Yamamoto et al. [23] | 2014 | Female | 35 | 1.3 | Unspecified | Hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin | Excised |
23 | Samardzic et al. [24] | 2014 | Female | 68 | 5.6 | Equal density mass with ill-defined margin | Multiloculated complex cystic mass | Observed |
24 | Rhee et al. [25] | 2014 | Female | 43 | 0.6 | Focal asymmetry density | Hypoechoic lesion with irregular margin | Observed |
25 | Rhee et al. [25] | 2014 | Female | 32 | 2.0 | Focal asymmetry density | Hypoechoic round lesion with indistinct margin | Observed |