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Surfinoma: a case report on a pseudotumor developing after a surfing sports injury

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We describe an unusual pseudotumor of the upper thorax, axillary, and shoulder girdle region with presentation 4 years after a surfing sports injury. We offer the coined term “Surfinoma” to describe a pseudotumor arising from a penetrating piece of fiberglass surf board, which induced a foreign body reaction.

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A special acknowledgement is made to Aine Fallon for radiological image support and Janine Blagg for histological images.

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  1. Medical Imaging, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney Medical School, 160 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, 2010, Sydney, Australia

    Tim Squire & Suzanne E. Anderson

  2. Peninsula Orthopaedics, Pittwater Road, Dee Why, 2099, Sydney, Australia

    Matthew Sherlock

  3. Northern Radiology Group, 5/800 Pittwater Road, Dee Why, 2099, Sydney, Australia

    Peter Wilson & Beng Tan

  4. SAN Clinic, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Level 6, Suite 601, 185 Fox Valley Road. Wahroonga, 2076, Sydney, Australia

    Nigel Hope

  5. Department of Diagnostic, Paediatric and Interventional Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburg Str. 3010, Bern, Switzerland

    Suzanne E. Anderson

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Squire, T., Sherlock, M., Wilson, P. et al. Surfinoma: a case report on a pseudotumor developing after a surfing sports injury. Skeletal Radiol 39, 1239–1243 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-010-1020-3

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