Solitary glomus tumour

• Published in: Australasian journal of dermatology Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 226 - 227
• Main Authors: Peretz, Eyal, Grunwald, Marcelo H, Avinoach, Ilana, Halevy, Sima
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Science Pty 01.11.1999; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Dermatology; Female; glomangioma; Glomus Tumor - pathology; Glomus Tumor - surgery; Humans; Medical sciences; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; Skin Neoplasms - surgery; Tropical medicine; Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions; vascular spaces; Wrist - pathology; Wrist - surgery; Asia; Israel; Case study; Human; Wrist; Skin disease; Glomus tumor; Female; Histology; Benign neoplasm
• ISSN: 0004-8380; 1440-0960
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.1999.00369.x

SUMMARY A 42‐year‐old woman developed a purplish, tender nodule on her wrist of 6 months duration. Histological examination showed a well‐circumscribed lesion situated in the dermis and subcutis characterized by numerous, dilated thin‐walled vascular spaces surrounded by sheets of glomus cells. The histological findings are characteristic of the diagnosis of an uncommon type of glomus tumour, known as glomangioma.