Current Update on the Diagnosis, Management and Pathogenesis of Elastofibroma Dorsi

Nishio, Jun; Nakayama, Shizuhide; Nabeshima, Kazuki; Yamamoto, Takuya

doi:10.21873/anticanres.14997

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“… 7 The typical MRI findings are diagnostic of ED. 8 A needle biopsy can be considered in rapidly enlarging lesions or those with atypical MRI characteristics or larger than 5 cm. 3 Surgical removal of the lesion is the recommended treatment, especially in symptomatic cases.…”

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Unusual Late Complication of Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Donor Site: Elastofibroma Dorsi

Cavadas

Almoguera-Martínez²,

Idriss³

2022

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

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Summary: In existing literature about elastofibroma dorsi (ED), no cases reported ED arising after latissimus dorsi flap harvest. Concretely, we present a patient who developed an ED at latissimus dorsi free flap donor site 10 years after harvesting. After our research, we found the occurrence of ED after thoracotomy surgery, stressing the importance of previous local trauma. Latissimus dorsi flap harvest is also a local traumatic episode, although its association with ED has not been previously reported. Thus, ED should be considered in the differential diagnosis of deep soft tissue lumps after latissimus dorsi harvest.

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“…7 The typical MRI findings are diagnostic of ED. 8 A needle biopsy can be considered in rapidly enlarging lesions or those with atypical MRI characteristics or larger than 5 cm. 3…”

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confidence: 99%

Unusual Late Complication of Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Donor Site: Elastofibroma Dorsi

Cavadas

Almoguera-Martínez²,

Idriss³

2022

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

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“…Considering the location and the duration of the lesion, surgeons must consider other diseases, such as ED, arare benign fibroblastic psedotumor in the subscapularregion believed to be caused by repetitive minor trauma resulting in friction between lower scapula and thoracic wall. Histologically, ED shows fibrocollagenous tissue with eosinophilic elastic fibers and scattered fibroblast with mature adipose tissues 9 …”

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Chronic Expanding Hematoma on Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Donor Site Grown Over 17 Years

Mustakim¹,

Sodnom-Ish²,

Lee³

et al. 2021

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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performed in multiple sessions would also have been eliminated in 2 cases. Most of the frozen biopsies (80%) were performed in cases without a specific pathology. However, planning the treatment according to our diagnostic algorithm would have resulted in a frozen biopsy recommendation in only 1 (12.5%) case without a specific pathology, whereas a frozen biopsy would have been performed in all cases with a specific pathology. Besides, there would have been no decrease in the detection of specific cases and the procedures finally deemed to be necessary, despite the decrease in the investigations and procedures performed in cases without a specific pathology. On the other hand, it should be noted that 2 of our cases (vasculitis and lymphangioma) did not have any preoperative or intraoperative specific findings and it was not possible to detect them without a routine biopsy (Supplementary Digital Content, Table 5, http://links.lww.com/SCS/D119).The limitations of the study include its retrospective nature and the relatively low number of cases with a specific pathology. However, we believe that the detailed records of the entire process in all the cases with a suspicion of a specific pathology at our clinic decreases the limitations due to the retrospective nature. On the other hand, it may be difficult for many centers to gather a sufficient number of cases since specific pathologies of the LS are rare.In conclusion, we believe that our diagnostic algorithm could increase the chance of diagnosing specific pathologies of the LS, which are rare, and could help avoid unnecessary investigations in cases without a specific pathology. However, more studies, and especially prospective ones, need to be conducted at different centers for the evaluation and further development of this algorithm, which was presented as the first of its kind.

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“…The histological differential diagnoses of elastofibroma include desmoid fibromatosis and fibrolipoma. 1 , 2 The postoperative course was uncomplicated. No adjuvant treatment was planned for this patient.…”

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Peculiar thousand leaves soft‐tissue mass: Elastofibroma dorsi

Limaïem

Seifeddine

Hajri

2022

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Current Update on the Diagnosis, Management and Pathogenesis of Elastofibroma Dorsi

Cited by 17 publications

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Unusual Late Complication of Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Donor Site: Elastofibroma Dorsi

Unusual Late Complication of Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Donor Site: Elastofibroma Dorsi

Chronic Expanding Hematoma on Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Donor Site Grown Over 17 Years

Peculiar thousand leaves soft‐tissue mass: Elastofibroma dorsi

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