A 78-Year-Old Man with Elastofibroma Dorsi Presenting as a Left Subscapular Mass

Christoforos S. Kosmidis; Konstantinos Vlassopoulos; Chrysi Maria Mystakidou; Vasiliki Theodorou; Alexandros Vasileios Karakousis; Nikolaos Iason Katsios; Fedra Louloudopoulou; Anna Andreadi; Paris Pentousis; Stylianos Mantalovas; Charilaos Koulouris; Konstantinos Farmakis; Nikolaos Varsamis; Stylianos Kosmidis; Marianthi Ntikoudi; Konstantinos Papadopoulos; Leonidas Kougias; Ioannis Chrysogonidis; Isaak Kesisoglou; Ioanna Abba Deka; Georgia Raptou

doi:10.12659/AJCR.945013

23 November 2024 : Case report Greece

A 78-Year-Old Man with Elastofibroma Dorsi Presenting as a Left Subscapular Mass

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Christoforos S. Kosmidis^12ADE, Konstantinos Vlassopoulos

^3ABCDEF*, Chrysi Maria Mystakidou^3EF, Vasiliki Theodorou^4CD, Alexandros Vasileios Karakousis

^5F, Nikolaos Iason Katsios^6DF, Fedra Louloudopoulou^3BC, Anna Andreadi

^3BF, Paris Pentousis^3CF, Stylianos Mantalovas^2BCF, Charilaos Koulouris^2BC, Konstantinos Farmakis^7DF, Nikolaos Varsamis

^1DF, Stylianos Kosmidis^8BF, Marianthi Ntikoudi^3CD, Konstantinos Papadopoulos^2DE, Leonidas Kougias^9DF, Ioannis Chrysogonidis^9BCD, Isaak Kesisoglou^2ACE, Ioanna Abba Deka

^10DE, Georgia Raptou^10BDE

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.945013

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e945013

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Figure 3. Elastic fibers highlighted with Verhoeff-Van Gieson stain, making their presence and arrangement more apparent (elastic fibers, indicated by yellow arrows, stain black with Verhoeff-Van Gieson). The collagen component tends to be dense but less abundant than the elastic fibers.

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