Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour in the temporalis muscle

Unusual presentation of nodular fasciitis as a rapidly growing haemorrhagic temporal mass

“…The important lesions from which to distinguish it are fibromatosis, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour and spindle cell sarcomas (Dimitrakopoulos et al, 2008;Fayda et al, 2009;Patel et al, 2001). Importantly, nodular fasciitis tends to be small and superficial, whereas most sarcomas are large and deeply situated.…”