Sonographic Findings of Bilateral Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Case Report.

Woo,  Ok Hee; Hong,  Suk Joo; Yong,  Hwan Seok; Choi,  Jae Woong; Kang,  Eun Young

Journal of Korean Society of Medical Ultrasound 2003;22(2): 79-82.

Ok Hee Woo, Suk Joo Hong, Hwan Seok Yong, Jae Woong Choi, Eun Young Kang

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea. hongsj@koreauniv.md

Published online: June 1, 2003.

ABSTRACT

Elastofibroma dorsi is a rare soft-tissue tumor of the chest wall and most commonly presents as a nontender mass adjacent to the inferior angle of the scapula. Its findings on CT and MRI generally lead to the diagnosis. We report a case of a 55-year-old woman with elastofibroma dorsi presenting with painless back mass. On sonography, it appeared as an ill-defined heterogeneous echogenic mass with internal streaky echostructures in bilateral subscapular regions. Excisional biopsy of the tumor was done and the tumor was confirmed as a bilateral elastofibroma dorsi by histopathologic examination.

Keywords: Soft tissues, fibroma; Soft tissues, US