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Elastofibroma of the neck

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Elastofibromas are benign lesions of the chest wall. We describe the first reported case of elastofibroma in the neck. Imaging features as well as location of the lesion were atypical. On computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging the lesion contained a marked preponderance of fat, because the lesion arose within fat.

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  1. Hospital for Joint Diseases, NYU Medical Center, 301 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA, , , , , , US

    C. Maldjian

  2. Temple University Hospital, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA, , , , , , US

    A. Bonakdarpour

  3. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Bayonne Hospital, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, , , , , , US

    R. J. Adam

  4. Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, , , , , , US

    J. A. Maldjian

  5. Department of Pathology, Bayonne Hospital, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, , , , , , US

    R. Rudelli

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Received: 12 November 1998 Revision requested: 18 November 1998 Revision received: 16 August 1999 Accepted: 24 August 1999

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Maldjian, C., Adam, R., Maldjian, J. et al. Elastofibroma of the neck. Skeletal Radiol 29, 109–111 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050021

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