Atypical venous glomangioma causing chronic compression of the radial sensory nerve in the forearm. A case report and review of the literature

Jiga, Lucian P.; Rata, Andreea Luciana; Ignatiadis, Ioannis; Geishauser, Max; Ionac, Mihai

doi:10.1002/micr.20983

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“…A glomus tumor can occasionally cause pain by directly compressing the forearm nerves [14, 15]. However, glomus cells are adjacent to a rich neutral bed; this may explain the severe pain and hypersensitivity associated with these lesions [3].…”

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Intravascular Glomus Tumor of the Forearm Causing Chronic Pain and Focal Tenderness

Lee

Song

Choy

2014

Case Reports in Orthopedics

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Introduction. A glomus tumor is a benign vascular tumor derived from glomus cells and occurs mainly in the subcutaneous layer of the subungual or digital pulp. Extradigital glomus tumors have been reported within the palm, wrist, forearm, foot, bone, stomach, colon, cervix, and mesentery. Glomus tumors can originate from the intraosseous, intramuscular, periosteal, intravascular, and intraneural layers. However, a glomus tumor originating from the intravascular layer of the forearm is a rare condition. Case Report. A 44-year-old woman had a 7-year history of chronic pain and focal tenderness of the forearm. No hypersensitivity or sensory alterations were observed. Contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a mass measuring 5 × 3 × 2 mm leading to a vein. Surgical excision was performed, and the tumor was completely resected. Finding of gross examination revealed a dark-red, well-defined soft tissue tumor, and histologic examination confirmed that the mass was a glomus tumor. The patient's symptoms were completely resolved postoperatively. Conclusion. Intravascular glomus tumors rarely occur in the forearm; therefore, a thorough physical exam, comprehensive medical history, in-depth imaging, and early surgical excision upon clinical suspicion may be helpful to prevent a delayed or incorrect diagnosis.

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Intravascular Glomus Tumor of the Forearm Causing Chronic Pain and Focal Tenderness

Lee

Song

Choy

2014

Case Reports in Orthopedics

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“…Jiga et al reported a case of venous glomangioma causing chronic compression of the radial sensory nerve in the forearm. 13 The compressed nerve was a sensory nerve in all of these patients and compression of the AIN was not mentioned.…”

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Atypically localized glomus tumor causing anterior interosseous nerve syndrome: A case report

Akman¹,

Yalçınkaya

Arıkan³

et al. 2017

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

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This article presents a 48-year-old male patient who presented with pain in the left forearm and weakness and clumsiness in the left hand of 6 months' duration. Flexor motor strength loss of the thumb and the index finger was present and neurophysiologic tests showed findings compatible with axonal injury in the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN) innervated muscles. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a space-occupying lesion in the proximal forearm resembling a glomus tumor. Excision of the mass and release of the AIN were performed. Histopathology confirmed a glomus tumor, and the patient remains asymptomatic at 1 year postoperatively. We stress the importance of imaging studies in patients when a suspected secondary nature of nerve entrapment is present.

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“…In one study, an intraosseous growth of a small GT, as in osteoid osteoma, was treated with bone excision, but neither bone erosion nor infiltration was reported 8 . One malignant and one atypical GT reported in two other studies9, 10 were treated with surgical excision without adjuvant therapy. However, little data about the follow-up were available since the follow-ups usually had a short duration or did not even take place (Table 1).…”

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An exceptional case of malignant glomus tumor and a review of the literature

Sacchetti

Gori

Grossi

et al. 2019

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

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Malignant glomus tumors (MGTs) are exceptional but pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Wide resection is the recommended treatment method, however, no data are available concerning adjuvant therapies.We present an exceptional case of extradigital deep-seated MGT of the forearm, with an exceptional bone infiltration. Despite being treated with wide resection, the patient had an optimal functional outcome, no functional loss, no motor or sensitive deficits and has returned to his full daily activity.

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Atypical venous glomangioma causing chronic compression of the radial sensory nerve in the forearm. A case report and review of the literature

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Intravascular Glomus Tumor of the Forearm Causing Chronic Pain and Focal Tenderness

Intravascular Glomus Tumor of the Forearm Causing Chronic Pain and Focal Tenderness

Atypically localized glomus tumor causing anterior interosseous nerve syndrome: A case report

An exceptional case of malignant glomus tumor and a review of the literature

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