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Elastic fibers in elastofibroma dorsi by fine-needle aspiration.

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Summary, in English

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) features of elastofibroma dorsi (EFD) in a 56-year-old woman were evaluated. The patient presented with 5 cm soft tissue mass located between the inferior part of scapula and the chest wall. FNA smears were hypercellular, characterized by a mixture of uniform spindle cells, mature adipocytes, and collagen tissue fragments in varying proportions. The cytological findings included abundant degenerated elastic fibers presented as linear ("braid-like") and globular bodies with shell-like and stellate appearances with serrate borders, permitting a diagnosis of EFD. Occurrence of degenerated elastic fibers in FNA smears of elastofibroma is a highly diagnostic sign in the typical clinical setting and eliminates the need for preoperative histological examination. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

609-611

Publication/Series

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volume

42

Issue

7

Document type

Journal article (comment)

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • Cell and Molecular Biology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 8755-1039