[Ischemic fasciitis. A case report].

Ischemic fasciitis, also called atypical decubital fibroplasia, was recently described as a distinctive fibroblastic proliferation occurring predominantly in elderly, bed-ridden individuals. It is very rare. Forty cases only are reported in the literature. We report the observation of a 50-year-old patient, having an antecedent of prolonged confinement, who presents since 1 year a tumefaction compared to the higher end of the tibia of soft consistency with inflammatory signs in glance. The pathologic examination shows a pseudo tumoral lesion of ischemic fasciite type. Through this observation, we suggest to review the various problems of diagnostic differentials in particular with a sarcoma of soft tissues and to discuss the anatomoclinic features of this recent description lesion.