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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:630-632
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi

Akif Turna, MD*a, Muhammet Ali Yilmaz, MDa, Nur Ürer, MDa, Mehmet Ali Bedirhan, MDa, Atilla Gürses, MDa

a Yedikule Hospital for Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, Turkey

Accepted for publication April 13, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Turna, Cami Sok. Muminderesi Yolu. Emintas Camlik Sit. No: 32/22, Sahrayicedid, Kadikoy, 81080 Istanbul, Turkey
e-mail: aturna{at}turk.net

Elastofibroma dorsi was diagnosed in a 48-year-old woman with bilateral subscapular tumor masses diagnosed asynchronously in an interval of 4 months in spite of presence of another lesion at first admittance. She underwent subsequent resections of the lesions. They were diagnosed as elastofibroma. Reevaluation of the initial computerized tomography of thorax indicated an omitted small lesion with a 2-cm diameter and 25.2-day doubling time. Although the real neoplastic nature of elastofibroma is unknown, bilateral presence of the masses with different sizes and relatively short doubling times of the lesions must be kept in mind.




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