title: Elastic fibers in elastofibroma dorsi by fine-needle aspiration.
abstract: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) features of elastofibroma dorsi (EFD) in a 56-year-old woman were evaluated. The patient presented with 5 cm soft tissue mass located between the inferior part of scapula and the chest wall. FNA smears were hypercellular, characterized by a mixture of uniform spindle cells, mature adipocytes, and collagen tissue fragments in varying proportions. The cytological findings included abundant degenerated elastic fibers presented as linear ("braid-like") and globular bodies with shell-like and stellate appearances with serrate borders, permitting a diagnosis of EFD. Occurrence of degenerated elastic fibers in FNA smears of elastofibroma is a highly diagnostic sign in the typical clinical setting and eliminates the need for preoperative histological examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Cytology, Lund University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Henryk A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Domanski
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012540:Scapula / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: FNA; cytology; elastic fibers; elastofibroma dorsi