Presentation
Incidental finding in a patient with heart failure
Patient Data
Age: 65 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi
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Bilateral soft tissue masses with ill-defined borders seen at the subscapular and infrascapular region, with attenuation that is similar to adjacent muscle. Note displacement of adjacent muscles not invasion.
From the case:
Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi
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Bilateral soft tissue masses (yellow arrows) with ill-defined borders seen at the subscapular and infrascapular region, with attenuation that is similar to adjacent muscle.
Case Discussion
On radiology, some pathologies have pathognomonic findings and elastofibroma dorsi is one of them. The characteristic findings on CT are:
- infrascapular and subscapular location
- poorly defined soft-tissue masses with attenuation similar to muscle
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