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. 2015:2015:967670.
doi: 10.1155/2015/967670. Epub 2015 Jan 6.

Bilateral elastofibrolipoma: distinguishing from elastofibroma with adipose tissue migration

Betül Ünal  1 , Ali Uzar  2 , Murat Şedele  3 , Bekir Erol  4
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Bilateral elastofibrolipoma: distinguishing from elastofibroma with adipose tissue migration

Betül Ünal et al. Case Rep Pathol. 2015.

Abstract

We present a case of a 54-year-old female patient. MRI examination showed a mass adjacent to the left scapula and a localized heterogeneous mass in the right subscapular area. Microscopic examination revealed abnormal elastic fibers and globules and mature adipose tissue mixed with collagen bands in all areas of the lesion. Genetic analysis was done and there were no changes in DNA copy number. The lesion was diagnosed as elastofibrolipoma which is a rare tumor. No bilateral elastofibrolipoma has been previously described.

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The T1 and T2 weighted MRI examination of the mass showed a localized heterogeneous mass of 64 × 16 mm adjacent to the left scapula. Please note the hyperintense adipose tissue in the form of lines and hypointense fibrous tissue.
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Figure 2
Thin fibrous capsule (H&E, ×200) (a) and a large number of eosinophilic globules, elastic fibers, and collagen mixed tapes and mature adipose tissue, centrally and peripherally (H&E, ×200) (b, c).
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