title: Multiple elastofibromas.
abstract: Elastofibroma is an uncommon fibroelastic tumor or tumorlike process that usually occurs between the scapula and the chest wall of elderly patients. This condition is rarely reported in the dermatologic literature, because it infrequently arises in the skin or within the subcutaneous tissue. We present a 78-year-old man with 15 separate subcutaneous nodules on the buttocks and upper extremities together with bilateral subscapular nodules. All specimens taken from different lesions were histologically confirmed as elastofibromas. As far as we know, this case with 17 distinct elastofibromas demonstrates the largest number ever reported in a single patient. Although the pathomechanism of the occurrence of multiple elastofibromas is unknown, it should be included in the differential diagnosis of multiple subcutaneous nodules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Japan. satoko.shimizu@nifty.ne.jp
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Chikako
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tateno
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Kikuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*