title: Elastofibroma dorsi: a radiological diagnosis.
abstract: Elastofibroma dorsi is a rarely made radiological diagnosis. The rarity of the condition, lack of a suitable imaging modality, and an inconsistent clinical approach in evaluating indeterminate soft tissue tumors has contributed to this failure. With magnetic resonance imaging now being recognized as the examination of choice for all indeterminate soft tissue tumors, a prebiopsy diagnosis can frequently be made by radiologists familiar with the characteristic periscapular location, predilection for elderly females, and short T2 on magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. Louis University Medical Center, MO 63110-0250.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Massengill
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sundaram
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kathol
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: el-Khoury
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Buckwalter
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Wade
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013909:Thorax