Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi: A case report

Sarıcı, İnanç Şamil; Basbay, Elif; Muştu, Mehdi; Eskut, Burak; Kala, Ferhat; Ağcaoğlu, Orhan; Akıcı, Murat; Özkurt, Enver

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.10.032

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“…No atypia or mitotic activity is found. 6 Complete surgical excision in symptomatic patients remains the treatment of choice. The recurrence of this tumors is rare and malignant transformation has not been described so far which makes its excision needed only in symptomatic patients.…”

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“…The role of diagnostic biopsy is to exclude malignancy and to reassure the asymptomatic patient that no radical surgical treatment is necessary. 1,3,6 Contrarily to Tokat et al 7 conclusions the authors do not think that a rehabilitation program with an adequate physiatrist supervision would increase the risk of mass growing in an elastofibroma dorsi patient. There is a risk for an increase in blood pressure during physical therapy, that may occur most dramatically with isometric exercises.…”

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Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi - rehabilitation of an uncommon tumor

2018

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Elastofibroma are rare, slow-growing, soft tissue benign tumors that originate from mesenchymal tissue. We report an 85-year-old male patient with the diagnosis of bilateral elastofibroma dorsi whose symptoms were bilateral chronic pain in the thoracic spine and limitation of shoulder range of motion. The proposed treatment consisted of a rehabilitation program in our department mainly focused on pain management and postural reeducation of the scapulohumeral rhythm, with great improvements namely on the anterior extension and abduction of the shoulder and with no pain at the 6-month post-treatment reevaluation. This shows an important role of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the management of patients with these rare tumors.

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Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi - rehabilitation of an uncommon tumor

2018

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“…Further studies should be performed to evaluate the factors causing ED to become painful. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

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Management of Symptomatic Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Case Report and Literature Review

Meyer¹,

Patel²,

Timpone³

2022

Cureus

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Elastofibroma dorsi (ED) is a rare tumor that most often occurs in the subscapular and infrascapular region between the thoracic wall, serratus anterior, and latissimus dorsi muscle. Based on a review of the literature, ED has been deemed an extremely rare entity. However, the incidence may be greater and is difficult to determine as the majority of ED being asymptomatic and therefore undiagnosed. Surgical excision is commonly performed when patients present with pain associated with ED. This being the case, it is important to evaluate the factors contributing to the pain seen in these patients and to evaluate the risks vs benefits of intervening in symptomatic ED patients who present for possible surgical intervention. We herein report a case of bilateral ED, situated in the upper back with only the right side being symptomatic in a 56year-old male laborer. Due to pain in the right upper back, the patient underwent surgical removal of the ED. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient had an excellent recovery. A review of the literature showed no correlation between pain on presentation and tumor size or location. Major complications of treating these patients include seroma or hematoma formation which according to the literature can be avoided using postoperative tube drainage and compressing bandages.

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“…The typical location is infrascapular region, occurring predominantly on the right side, but, is bilateral in 30% of the cases. [ 1 2 7 ]…”

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“…[ 8 ] Rarely, when symptoms are present, they are pain, scapular snapping, limitation of motion, clunking sensation in the shoulder adduction-abduction movement. [ 7 8 ] Majority of the patients are asymptomatic. The present case is a 46-year-old female who presented with a slow growing nontender swelling in the right subscapular region.…”

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Elastofibroma: An uncommon tumor revisited

Patnayak¹,

Jena²,

Settipalli³

et al. 2016

J Cutan Aesthet Surg

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Elastofibromas are rare benign, soft-tissue slow-growing tumors seen predominantly in elderly females. The most common location is the infrascapular region. These benign tumors require resection only in symptomatic cases. We present a case of elastofibroma in a 46-year-old female. She presented with gradually increasing soft-tissue swelling of 8 cm × 6 cm in the right inferior subscapular region for the last 2 years. She underwent excisional biopsy and the histopathology was reported as elastofibroma. Microscopically, the mass showed numerous characteristic eosinophilic, beaded elastic fibers. These fibers were highlighted by the Verhoeff's elastic stain. We present this uncommon case to emphasize the important role of histopathology in diagnosis. A definitive diagnosis helps to avoid unnecessary wide and radical resection.

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Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi: A case report

Cited by 7 publications

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Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi - rehabilitation of an uncommon tumor

Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi - rehabilitation of an uncommon tumor

Management of Symptomatic Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Case Report and Literature Review

Elastofibroma: An uncommon tumor revisited

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