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'''Elastofibroma''' is a benign [[Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours|fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumour]].
'''Elastofibroma''' is a benign [[Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours|fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumour]]
 
It should '''not''' be confused with ''[[papillary fibroelastoma|fibroelastoma]]''.


==General==
==General==
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===Image===
===Image===
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Image: Elastofibroma - alt -- low mag.jpg | Elastofibroma - low mag. (WC)
Image: Elastofibroma -- intermed mag.jpg | Elastofibroma - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image: Elastofibroma - alt -- high mag.jpg | Elastofibroma - high mag.  (WC)
Image: Elastofibroma -- very high mag.jpg | Elastofibroma - very high mag. (WC)


Image: Elastofibroma - Miller -- low mag.jpg | Elastofibroma - Miller - low mag. (WC)
Image: Elastofibroma - Miller -- intermed mag.jpg | Elastofibroma - Miller - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image: Elastofibroma - Miller -- high mag.jpg | Elastofibroma - Miller - high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours]].
*[[Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours]].
*[[Papillary fibroelastoma]].


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:05, 24 March 2019

Elastofibroma is a benign fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumour.

It should not be confused with fibroelastoma.

General

  • Benign.
  • Classically, subscapular in elderly women.[1][2]

Gross

Features:

  • Yellow-white, moderate demarcation to surrounding tissue.[3]

DDx - shoulder lesions:

Microscopic

Features:

  • Thick bundles of collagen.
  • Elastin fibres.

Image

See also

References

  1. URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1057113-overview. Accessed on: 26 October 2011.
  2. Ben Hassouna, J.; Hamdi, N.; Ben Bachouche, W.; Bouzid, T.; Dhiab, T.; Rahal, K. (Oct 2010). "Elastofibroma dorsi.". Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 96 (6): 717-20. doi:10.1016/j.otsr.2010.03.019. PMID 20708994.
  3. Rose, Alan G. (2008). Atlas of Gross Pathology with Histologic Correlation (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 592. ISBN 978-0521868792.