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Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Rare Connective Tissue Tumor.
Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A 78-Year-Old Man with Elastofibroma Dorsi Presenting as a Left Subscapular Mass.The American journal of case reports · 2024Article
- Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma Initially Misdiagnosed as Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Case Report and Literature Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Prevalence of elastofibroma dorsi found incidentally upon chest computed tomography scan: A tertiary care center experience.Saudi medical journal · 2022Article
- Elastofibroma dorsi: A case report on an unobserved cause of back pain.Joint diseases and related surgery · 2020Article
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Abstract
Elastofibroma dorsi (ED) is a benign connective tissue tumor that most commonly occurs on the inferior pole of the scapula. It can be found incidentally on radiologic imaging or due to clinical symptoms. Patients may become apprehensive due to it mimicking new malignancy or recurrence of prior malignancy. Treatment is only recommended in symptomatic cases and biopsy is usually unnecessary. We present a case of a 70-year-old female status-post lung cancer resection who was found to have a lump at the inferior pole of her right scapula. She was seen by multiple different specialties and subsequently, a biopsy confirmed her mass to be consistent with ED. Since ED is a benign soft tissue tumor, educating physicians is of utmost importance to avoid pursuing unnecessary diagnosis and to thereby decrease the cost of care to the patient. Therapeutic excision should only be performed in symptomatic patients and observing these lesions in asymptomatic patients would be sufficient.
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