Diagnosis and management of catecholamine secreting glomus tumors.

Schwaber, Mitchell K.; Glasscock, F.A.C.S. Michael E.; Jackson, F; Nissen, Alan J.; Smith, Peter G.

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“…They are neuroendocrine tumours [2] and they may also lead to a hypertensive crisis during surgery [6]. Our patient was a 17-month-old male who presented to us with a complaint of a swelling in hip.…”

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Coexistence of Glomangioma and Yolk Sac Tumour in a Child: A Case Report

Köse

Toy

Günel

et al. 2014

JCDR

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Glomus tumours (GTs) primarily arise from glomus bodies that are located in the dermis layer of skin. However, they can be encountered ectopically in most parts of the body. As a result of researches done in a 17-month-old male patient who prssented to us with complaint of an increasingly growing swelling, he was diagnosed with a yolk sac tumour. Chemotherapy was started and then, he was operated. GT was found inside the tumoural mass. Our patient, who is the first case according to our knowledge, where the concurrence of yolk sac and glomus tumours was reported, has been discussed in the light of literature. CASE REPORTA 17-month-old male patient presented to our hospital with complaint of swelling in hip and inability in sitting. Swelling had occurred about one month ago, it had enlarged increasingly and it had became a condition that prevented him from sitting. During his physical examination, a mass was identified in the sacrococcygeal region. During magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies which were done, the mass was seen to invade into the gluteal muscle, posterior to the rectum and it was reported as a teratoma. In thoracic tomogram, a nodular image which was compatible with metastasis in the lower lobe of the right lung was seen. Alpha fetoprotein was 68309 ng/mL.It was diagnosed as a yolk sac tumour during a histopathologic investigation of the material which was done, which was received by doing a tru-cut biopsy. The patient was discharged after 3 he took courses of BEP (Bleomycin, Etoposide, Cisplatin) treatment . A post-operative tumoural mass necrosis and the presence of a GT inside this mass were identified. In the histopathologic examination, glomus tumour was found to consist of uniform, round or oval cells with round or oval nuclei and pale eosinophilic cytoplasm. Tumour cells were arranged in sheets or nests patterns, and they were found to surround vessels. The tumour cells were stained by PAS and they were diffusely positive for SMA [Table/ Fig-1]. The MIB-1 index was about 1-2%. Glomus tumour was diagnosed on the basis of these features. Chemotherapy of the patient was continued. The patient is still being followed up by us without any problem.

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“…Angiography is particularly important in determination of the presence of multicentric tumour and its vascularity [8]. Measuring excretion of vanillyl mandelic acid, that is a breakdown product of catecholamine in functional tumours, may be useful for making a diagnosis [6].…”

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Coexistence of Glomangioma and Yolk Sac Tumour in a Child: A Case Report

Köse

Toy

Günel

et al. 2014

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“…Postural hypotension is a common finding in functional tumors and should be checked for. Urinary catecholamine excretion estimation to screen for functional tumors is routinely undertaken at our center for all paragangliomas as recommended by Schwaber et al [9]. The clinical diagnosis is confirmed by appropriate radiology and biopsy is not advisable.…”

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Complex Glomus Jugulare Tumor: Management Issues

Kumar¹,

Thakar²

2011

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…It is also known as chemodectoma, paraganglioma and non-chromaffin ganglioma 2,3 . Glomus tumors grow up slowly.…”

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Glomus tümörlerinde cerrahi tedaviye selektif boyun diseksiyonu eklemenin metastazları saptamaya ve adjuvan tedavi seçimine olan katkısı

Şen¹,

Küçük²,

Çukurova³

et al. 2016

Cukurova Medical Journal (Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi)

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AbstractÖz Glomus tumors are rare tumors with malignant nature. Regional lymph node metastases are even rare and this could be contribute for determine to malignant form. The presence of lymph node involvement directs adjuvant treatment is still controversial. Positive imaging results might be helpful for decision of neck dissection. But results might sometimes be false negative. Here we present a case of malignant glomus tumor with regional lymph node metastasis was treated with neck dissection.Glomus tümörleri oldukça nadir görülen benign tümörlerdir. Bölgesel lenf nodu metastazı yapan tipleri ise çok daha nadir görülür ve malign formunu oluşturur. Tedaviye boyun diseksiyonunun eklenmesi tartışmalı olmakla birlikte lenf nodu tutulumunun varlığı adjuvan tedavi seçeneklerini önemli ölçüde değiştirmektedir. Radyolojik olarak negatif izlenen lenf nodlarının boyun diseksiyonu ile pozitif saptanması ve ardından gelen tedavi yaklaşımlarını değiştirmesi nedeniyle nadir görülen bir malign glomus tümörü olgusunu sunmayı amaçladık.

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Diagnosis and management of catecholamine secreting glomus tumors.

Cited by 130 publications

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Coexistence of Glomangioma and Yolk Sac Tumour in a Child: A Case Report

Coexistence of Glomangioma and Yolk Sac Tumour in a Child: A Case Report

Complex Glomus Jugulare Tumor: Management Issues

Glomus tümörlerinde cerrahi tedaviye selektif boyun diseksiyonu eklemenin metastazları saptamaya ve adjuvan tedavi seçimine olan katkısı

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