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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Autores principales: Falidas, Evangelos, Arvanitis, Dimitrios, Anyfantakis, Georgios, Pazidis, Angelos, Koukouli, Zacharoula, Miltiadou, Dimosthenis, Koronaiou, Anastasia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23401824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/794247
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author Falidas, Evangelos
Arvanitis, Dimitrios
Anyfantakis, Georgios
Pazidis, Angelos
Koukouli, Zacharoula
Miltiadou, Dimosthenis
Koronaiou, Anastasia
author_facet Falidas, Evangelos
Arvanitis, Dimitrios
Anyfantakis, Georgios
Pazidis, Angelos
Koukouli, Zacharoula
Miltiadou, Dimosthenis
Koronaiou, Anastasia
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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 pubmed-35576302013-02-11 Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the Literature Falidas, Evangelos Arvanitis, Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Georgios Pazidis, Angelos Koukouli, Zacharoula Miltiadou, Dimosthenis Koronaiou, Anastasia Case Rep Orthop Case Report 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3557630/ /pubmed/23401824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/794247 Text en Copyright © 2013 Evangelos Falidas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Koukouli, Zacharoula
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Koronaiou, Anastasia
Painful Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Report of a Case and a Brief Review of the Literature
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23401824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/794247
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