Glomus tumor of the trachea

Menaissy, Yasser; Gal, Anthony A.; Mansour, Kamal A.

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01285-6

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“…[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Endobronchial and lung-parenchyma glomus tumors have been also reported. 19,21,26 Glomus tumor of the trachea is more common in males (male-to-female ratio 2:1 to 7:1), and at a mean age of 45 years. However, glomus tumor was recently reported in a 10-year-old girl.…”

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Tracheal Glomus Tumor: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management

Sakr¹,

Palaniappan²,

Payan³

et al. 2011

Respir Care

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A 66-year-old man presented with acute respiratory distress due to a tracheal tumor involving the posterior wall of the upper trachea, with nearly complete airway obstruction. Partial debulking of the tumor's endoluminal component, via rigid bronchoscopy and yttrium-aluminum-perovskite laser, allowed timely and effective airway restoration. The diagnosis was benign tracheal glomus tumor. Two weeks later, elective tracheal sleeve resection with end-to-end anastomosis allowed complete resection of the lesion. No tumor recurrence was found at 21-month follow-up. We describe the multidisciplinary management of this extremely rare tracheal tumor, and review its features.

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Tracheal Glomus Tumor: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management

Sakr¹,

Palaniappan²,

Payan³

et al. 2011

Respir Care

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“…While the trachea is a very rare site for this tumor, segmental resection of the trachea with primary reconstruction is the treatment of choice for these tumors [3,4]. For some patients, bronchoscopic resection of the tumor or tracheal stenting was useful in relieving airway obstruction before operation.…”

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Glomangiomyoma of the Trachea

Baek

Huh

Park

et al. 2011

Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

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A glomus tumor is an uncommon soft tissue tumor that is most commonly found in the subungual area and a glomus originating in the trachea is extremely rare. Histologically and ultrastructurally, these tumors have been divided into three subtypes: classic glomus tumors, glomangiomas, and glomangiomyomas. Glomangiomyomas account for less than 10% of all glomus tumors and are the least common type. We report a case of a 54-year-old man with glomangiomyoma of the trachea who presented with stridor. We treated the tumor by segmental resection and primary repair via a transcervical approach.

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“…[7][8][9][10] Mediastinal and pulmonary glomus tumors present at a mean age of 45 years. 6 As in the present case, all previous reports of mediastinal glomus tumors have occurred in women.…”

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Mediastinal Glomangioma

Lee¹,

Reddy²,

Leung³

et al. 2008

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

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The glomus body is a neuromyovascular, arteriovenous structure primarily found in the skin and, less commonly, other organs, and is involved with thermoregulation. Neoplasms of the glomus organ are most commonly encountered in the skin and soft tissues of the extremities, particularly the subungual region. Glomus tumors are rare vascular neoplasms originating from the glomus body resulting from proliferation of modified muscle cells within this organ. Glomus tumors are commonly subdivided, based on the prominence of glomocytes, vascular structures, and smooth muscle cells, into solid glomus tumors (the most common variant), glomangioma, and glomangiomyoma. Previous reports of intrathoracic glomus tumors have shown that these tumors are most commonly encountered within the tracheobronchial tree or pulmonary parenchyma; mediastinal lesions are exceptionally rare. On the basis of imaging appearance of the glomangioma reported in this case as well as prior reports of tracheobronchial and pulmonary glomus tumors, mediastinal glomus tumors manifest as intensely enhancing masses with circumscribed or poorly defined margins, closely resembling thymic carcinoid tumor, pheochromocytoma, or hypervascular lymphadenopathy. Secretion of catecholamines and tracer uptake on Indium-111 octreotide scintigraphy, as seen in the present case, is probably exceptional. Because glomus tumors may be difficult to diagnose on routine histopathologic specimens, radiologists should be aware of this rare lesion and consider the diagnosis of glomus tumor when an intensely enhancing mediastinal mass is encountered.

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Glomus tumor of the trachea

Cited by 26 publications

References 10 publications

Tracheal Glomus Tumor: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management

Tracheal Glomus Tumor: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management

Glomangiomyoma of the Trachea

Mediastinal Glomangioma

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