A rare case of glomus tumour; buccal localization

Localized Multiple Glomus Tumors of the Face and Oral Mucosa

“…Most commonly, it is usually situated on the extremities, especially in the nail bed. Accord- ing to Savaci et al (5), oral mucosallocalization was very rare. Only 3 gingiva, 2 palate, 2 tongue, 2 buccal mucosa, and 3 lip localizations had been reported to that date.…”

Glomus Tumor in Floor of Mouth: A Case Report

“…According to Tokiba et al 9 until 1990, only 16 cases of oral or facial glomus tumors have been published in the literature, of which 4 were gingival lesions, 4 were in palate, 2 lingual lesions, 2 jugal mucosal lesions, 1 tumor in preauricular region and 2 were in lips. Six cases involving intranasal subsites were reported by Potter et al 10 One lesion in parotid region, 11 one in tonsillar fossa, 12 one in jugal mucosa, 7 and four cases in the lips [13][14][15]5 have been reported.…”

“…6 Glomangioma of the head and/or neck are extremely rare, with an incidence of 0.6%. 7 English literature review shows about thirty one cases of glomus tumor affecting different subsites of head and neck regions, but none showing isolated involvement floor of mouth. Here we present a rare case of involvement of floor of mouth by locally aggressive glomus tumor, the first and only case documented to date of glomus tumor in this location as far as our knowledge.…”

Glomus Tumor of the Oral Cavity: Report of a Rare Case and Literature Review

“…However, GT is extremely rare in the mouth. To the best of our knowledge, there are only 23 well-documented cases of GT involving the mouth reported in the Englishlanguage literature (2,3,(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). The aim of this report is to describe the histopathological and immunohistochemical features of a rare case of GT involving the upper lip, and to review the pertinent literature.…”