Ayala UFA, Malagón HHO, Chang CJE, Vélez RD

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 361-364
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ABSTRACT

The elastofibroma is a rare type of tumor, benign behavior, characterized by developing slowly from soft tissues. Virtually all develop in the scapular inferior pole, 75% unilateral and 25% bilateral. A predilection for female sex has been observed, in people over 50 years of age and it is extremely rare in the pediatric population. The etiology remains undetermined and continues to be a source of debate. Typically, symptoms may include a well-circumscribed, unmoving, painful, clicking mass with abduction and adduction of the affected scapula. We present a female patient of 63 years of age who was diagnosed as an elastofibroma dorsi by histopathological study. The patient presented a tumor in the left dorsal region of 12 months of evolution, not painful and of progressive growth. Physical examination revealed a soft, delimited mass of 5 cm in diameter, not mobile, in the dorsal region, apparently without infiltration to other tissues, it was suspected in a lipoma. A computed tomography of the chest was performed. There is evidence that surgical intervention is the therapeutic method of choice for elastofibroma dorsi, with immediate clinical improvement. A case report is made.

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