Elastofibroma dorsi

It is often difficult to identify the characteristics of soft-tissue tumors of the chest wall. This paper describes the peculiarities of elastofibroma dorsi, a rare pseudotumor of this site, to exclude many dangerous misconceptions. During the period between 1987 and 1997, we treated nine patients w...

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Published inSurgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 147 - 152
Main Authors Briccoli, A, Casadei, R, Di Renzo, M, Favale, L, Bacchini, P, Bertoni, F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan 01.01.2000
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Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fibroma - diagnosis
Fibroma - surgery
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - diagnosis
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - surgery
Thoracic Neoplasms - diagnosis
Thoracic Neoplasms - surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:It is often difficult to identify the characteristics of soft-tissue tumors of the chest wall. This paper describes the peculiarities of elastofibroma dorsi, a rare pseudotumor of this site, to exclude many dangerous misconceptions. During the period between 1987 and 1997, we treated nine patients with elastofibroma dorsi. In six patients, the lesion was unilateral and in three it was bilateral. All these lesions were excised and no evidence of local recurrence or shoulder disability was observed at the last clinical evaluation. Elastofibroma dorsi is a rare, slow-growing, pseudotumoral lesion of the soft tissues of the chest wall with a peculiar radiographic and histologic pattern.
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ISSN:0941-1291
DOI:10.1007/PL00010063