Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the Literature
Elastofibroma dorsi (ED) is an uncommon, slow-growing, benign, soft tissue tumor of unclear pathogenesis, typically located at the subscapular region of elderly people. It may be unilateral or bilateral. Though many patients are asymptomatic, ED can cause local deformity and symptoms such as perisca...
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| description | Elastofibroma dorsi (ED) is an uncommon, slow-growing, benign, soft tissue tumor of unclear pathogenesis, typically located at the subscapular region of elderly people. It may be unilateral or bilateral. Though many patients are asymptomatic, ED can cause local deformity and symptoms such as periscapular pain or discomfort. Herein we report a case of a 65-year-old woman with painful ED. Clinical features, radiodiagnostic, intraoperative, and pathologic findings, and a brief review of the literature are performed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e41fc24f926c472aacbf40e3bf7068d72025-08-20T02:21:34ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572013-01-01201310.1155/2013/794247794247Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the LiteratureEvangelos Falidas0Dimitrios Arvanitis1Georgios Anyfantakis2Angelos Pazidis3Zacharoula Koukouli4Dimosthenis Miltiadou5Anastasia Koronaiou6Department of Surgery, Florina General Hospital, Egnatias 9, 53100 Florina, GreeceDepartment of Pathology, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Radiology, NIMTS General Hospital of Athens, Monis Petraki 10-12, 11521 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Surgery, Florina General Hospital, Egnatias 9, 53100 Florina, GreeceDepartment of Surgery, Florina General Hospital, Egnatias 9, 53100 Florina, GreeceDepartment of Surgery, Florina General Hospital, Egnatias 9, 53100 Florina, GreeceDepartment of Surgery, Florina General Hospital, Egnatias 9, 53100 Florina, GreeceElastofibroma dorsi (ED) is an uncommon, slow-growing, benign, soft tissue tumor of unclear pathogenesis, typically located at the subscapular region of elderly people. It may be unilateral or bilateral. Though many patients are asymptomatic, ED can cause local deformity and symptoms such as periscapular pain or discomfort. Herein we report a case of a 65-year-old woman with painful ED. Clinical features, radiodiagnostic, intraoperative, and pathologic findings, and a brief review of the literature are performed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/794247 |
| spellingShingle | Evangelos Falidas Dimitrios Arvanitis Georgios Anyfantakis Angelos Pazidis Zacharoula Koukouli Dimosthenis Miltiadou Anastasia Koronaiou Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the Literature Case Reports in Orthopedics |
| title | Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | painful elastofibroma dorsi a report of a case and a brief review of the literature |
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