Glomus Tumor of Digital Nerve — A Case Report

Srinivasan, Devasena; Rajappa, Srinivasan

doi:10.1007/s12593-014-0136-4

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“…A positive result on the cold sensitivity test manifests as an increase in pain due to the cold. The mechanism for this may depend on the vasodilatation of the Sucquet-Hoyer arteriovenous channels, which dilate in response to cold to prevent excessive digit heat loss [46].…”

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Unusual Location of Glomus Tumors

Bistazzoni¹,

Polosa²,

Bellocchi³

2020

Case Rep Imag Surg

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Glomus tumors are rare, benign lesions that arise from glomus bodies present in the stratum reticularis throughout the body, but they are highly concentrated in the tips of the digits, especially under the nail. Although glomus tumors are benign lesions, they can cause disabling symptoms, therefore early diagnosis and treatment is important. We report an exceptional case of glomangioma of the calf.

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Unusual Location of Glomus Tumors

Bistazzoni¹,

Polosa²,

Bellocchi³

2020

Case Rep Imag Surg

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“…Typical symptoms of a glomus tumor are localized pain and cold sensitivity [12]. An intraneural glomus tumor of the digital nerve may cause numbness and tingling, cold insensitivity, paresthesia, a positive Tinel’s sign, or no neurological deficits [1–4, 7]. Although the number of cases is small, it is evident that the symptoms of a glomus tumor are similar to those of a neuroma, and thus, it is difficult to make a definite diagnosis by physical examination alone.…”

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Multiple intraneural glomus tumors in different digital nerve fascicles

Wang

Lü

2019

BMC Cancer

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Background Glomus tumors in the digital nerve are extremely rare. Multiple intraneural glomus tumors in different digital nerve fascicles have not been previously reported. Case presentation We report the case of a 54-year-old male with a 1-year history of progressive numbness of the middle finger with point tenderness at the level of the middle phalanx. Surgical incision revealed the presence of two glomus tumors within different fascicles of the ulnar digital nerve of the middle finger. One tumor was excised along with surrounding fascicle, the other was removed leaving the fascicle intact. Subsequently, the patient regained function of the finger and no tumors have recurred. Conclusions Patients and physicians should be aware of the properties of intraneural glomus tumors so that early diagnosis and treatment can be sought. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12885-019-6098-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…A positive result on the cold sensitivity test manifests as an increase in pain due to the cold. The mechanism for this may depend on the vasodilation of the Souquet–Hoyer arteriovenous channels, which dilate in response to cold to prevent excessive digit heat loss [ 6 ].…”

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A painless glomus tumor: a case report

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BackgroundGlomus tumor is a benign and vascular hamartoma that originates from the neuromyoarterial cells of the normal glomus apparatus in the reticular dermis. The etiology of glomus tumors is unknown. It usually presents as a small, slightly raised, bluish or pinkish-red, painful nodule of the fingertips and the pulp. we report an atypical case of a patient of painless glomus tumor.Case presentationOur patient, a 60-year-old Moroccan man, had a 2.5 cm purplish painless soft tumor, covered with melliciric and hemorrhagic crusts, involving the first phalanx of his right index finger. This tumor was compressing his nail plate. No bony lesions were identified by radiographic studies, but magnetic resonance imaging was suggestive of glomus tumor. Surgical excision was performed with directed healing.ConclusionsThe diagnosis of a glomus tumor is an eventuality even in the absence of pain.

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Glomus Tumor of Digital Nerve — A Case Report

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Unusual Location of Glomus Tumors

Unusual Location of Glomus Tumors

Multiple intraneural glomus tumors in different digital nerve fascicles

A painless glomus tumor: a case report

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