Glomus Tumor in Neural Tissue

Polk, Peggy; Biggs, Paul J.

doi:10.1097/00000372-199608000-00053

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“…digital nerves are extremely rare. Previous studies have reported six cases of solitary intraneural glomus tumors [1–6] and one case of multiple glomus tumor within one single swollen fascicle [7]. This study describes two intraneural glomus tumors located in different fascicles of the same digital nerve.…”

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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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confidence: 85%