CRANIAL FASCIITIS PRESENTING AS AN EXTERNAL AUDITORY-CANAL MASS

Cranial fasciitis is a rare benign lesion that develops in childhood. It is considered a subset of nodular fasciitis but occurs selectively in the scalp of children. A review of the world literature revealed on ly 22 other published cases and no previous reports of a lesion involv ing the petrous portion of the temporal bone or presenting as a mass i n the external auditory canal. We report a rare case of cranial fascii tis in the petrous portion of the temporal bone of a neonate and prese nt a review of the literature.