Elastofibroma Dorsi in the Right Chest Wall.
- Author:
Sang Woo RYU
1
;
Sang Yun SONG
;
Sang Gi OH
;
Kook Ju NA
;
Byoung Hee AHN
;
Yoo Duk CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea. hanse72@medigate.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thorax;
Thorax neoplasm;
Fibroma
- MeSH:
Aged;
Elastin;
Female;
Fibroma;
Humans;
Incidence;
Thoracic Wall;
Thorax
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2008;41(4):532-535
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 71-year-old woman visited our hospital with the chief complain of a mass in her infrascapular region. We performed tumor excision and we diagnosed it as elastofibroma dorsi. Elastofibromas are benign soft tissue tumors that mostly arise in the infrascapular lesion; it is a slowly growing lesion that's characterized by the proliferation of fibrous tissue with elastin. Its incidence is very low and its pathogenesis remains unclear. We report here on this case, and we include a review of the relevant literature.
