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Surgically treated elastofibroma dorsi: Report of a case
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- Hirono Motoko
- Department of Chest Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine
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- Nonaka Makoto
- Department of Chest Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine
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- Himuro Naoya
- Department of Chest Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine
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- Saito Koji
- Department of Pathology, Showa University School of Medicine
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- Kadokura Mitsutaka
- Department of Chest Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine
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- Naruse Hiroaki
- Department of Chest Surgery, Denencyofu Central Hospital
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 背部弾性線維腫の1手術例
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Description
Elastofibroma dorsi (EFD) is a relatively rare, benign, slow-growing, fibroproliferative tumor, which is often localized in the subscapular region on the chest wall. EFD is often asymptomatic and incidentally discovered by patients with the development of a mass in the subscapular region. Surgical excision is recommended when EFD causes functional disability or symptoms. A 61-year-old man presented with increasing discomfort in the right posterior chest wall. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a 7.6×2.3-cm heterogeneous soft-tissue mass in the infrascapular region. T1- and T2- weighted magnetic imaging (MRI) showed a soft-tissue mass that was isointense to skeletal muscle groups interlaced with hyperintense fatty areas between the corpus of the right scapula and chest wall. The tumor was diagnosed as EFD. Surgery was indicated due to his symptom and the tumor size, and the lesion was composed of a mixture of coarse elastic fibers and collagenous tissue with scattered fibroblasts, associated with entrapped mature fat cells. There are some reports of EFD by orthopedic and plastic surgeons. MRI can be the most reliable and noninvasive technique for the conclusive diagonosis of EFD. Asymptomatic patients with typical imaging characteristics may not require biopsy or excision. We conclude that EFD should be kept in mind by chest surgeons.
Journal
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- The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
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The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery 27 (7), 837-840, 2013
The Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679335888128
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- NII Article ID
- 10031203506
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- NII Book ID
- AN10467885
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- ISSN
- 18814158
- 09190945
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed
