Elastofibroma dorsi: a review of 42 cases

Mehmet Ali Bedirhan; Serkan Sönmez Sağay; Levent Cansever; Celalettin Kocatürk; İrfan Yalçınkaya

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8276

Mehmet Ali Bedirhan¹, Serkan Sönmez Sağay², Levent Cansever¹, Celalettin Kocatürk¹, İrfan Yalçınkaya²

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Adana State Hospital, Adana, Turkey
³Department of Thoracic Surgery, Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8276

Background: This study aims to review our surgical results of elastofibroma dorsi.

Methods: Between January 2005 and December 2012, a total of 42 patients (33 females, 9 males; mean age 59.7 years; range 31 to 77 years) who were operated in our clinic were included. All patients were admitted with complaints of pain, swelling or limited range of motions of the shoulder range except two cases who underwent thoracotomy for other reasons. Twenty three patients (55%) had bilateral tumors. All patients were operated.

Results: Postoperative complications were seroma in six patients, pneumothorax in one and local recurrence in one at eight months.

Conclusion: If diagnosis is definitive without any clinical signs in elastofibroma dorsi cases, asymptomatic cases can be followed up. However, symptomatic cases or those with a suspected diagnosis should be operated.

Keywords : Chest wall tumor; elastofibroma dorsi; soft tissue tumor

Viewed : 9443

Downloaded : 1873