Elastofibroma of the stomach.
We report the case of a 76-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain caused by a gastric tumor. The stomach was resected and found to have developed an elastofibroma. The lesion was yellowish, unencapsulated, and characterized histologically by abundant collagen fibers mixed with numerous elastic serrated fibers. Elastofibromatous change of the gastrointestinal tract is a rare event.
Saint-Paul
Marie-Christine
MC
Service d'Anatomie Pathologique Hôpital Pasteur, CHU Nice, France.
Musso
Sandra
S
Cardot-Leccia
Nathalie
N
Chevallier
Anne
A
Myx
Aline
A
Baldini
Edouardo
E
Michiels
Jean-François
JF
D000368:Aged; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome