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elastofibroma

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elastofibroma /elas·to·fi·bro·ma/ (e-las″to-fi-bro´mah) a rare, benign, firm, unencapsulated tumor consisting of abundant sclerotic collagen and thick irregular elastic fibers.
e·las·to·fi·bro·ma (-lst-f-brm)
n.
A nonencapsulated slow-growing mass of poorly cellular, collagenous, fibrous tissue and elastic tissue, occurring usually in subscapular adipose tissue of old persons.

elastofibroma
[ilas′tōfībrō′mə]
a benign nonencapsulated mass of collagenous, fibrous, and elastic tissue that develops in subscapular fatty tissue in older persons.

elastofibroma [e-las″to-fi-bro´mah]
a tumor consisting of both elastin and fibrous elements.

elastofibroma
a tumor consisting of both elastin and fibrous elements.


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4) Other benign primary cardiac tumors include lipomas, fibromas and elastofibromas.
The histologic picture corresponds to sheets of hypocellular dense collagen, with interspersed mature fat, small vessels, and entrapped nerve fibers; since it is not composed of fibrocartilage, it resembles more of a fibrolipoma, lipomatosis, scar, or elastofibroma.
 
 
 
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