Elastic fibers in elastofibroma dorsi by fine-needle aspiration.

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.

• Författare: Henryk Domanski
• Avdelning/ar: Tumörmikromiljö
• Publiceringsår: 2014
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 609-611
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Diagnostic Cytopathology
• Volym: 42
• Issue: 7
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23554149?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dc.22959
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
• Ämne: Cell and Molecular Biology
• Aktiv: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 8755-1039