Elastofibroma Dorsi in the Chest Wall: A case report.
- Author:
Sung Wan KIM
1
;
Duksil KIM
;
Donghoon KIM
;
Kyunghwan BYUN
;
Gun LEE
;
Hyeon Jae LEE
;
Chang Young LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, CHA Gumi Medical Center, CHA University, Korea. cs550@Hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Chest wall;
Elastofibroma
- MeSH:
Elastin;
Female;
Humans;
Rare Diseases;
Thoracic Wall;
Thorax
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2009;42(6):796-799
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 63 year-old woman visited our hospital with a palpable chest wall mass in the infrascapular region. We performed excision of the mass. The mass was histolocally diagnosed as elastofibroma. Elastofibroma is characterized by the proliferation of fibrous tissue with elastin. It is a relatively slow growing benign soft tissue tumor and it is most often found in the infrascapular region. We have experienced a cases of this rare disease and we report on it together with a review of the relevant literature.
