Multiple Glomus Tumors

Glomus Tumour

“…As stated, it may be absent and this, at one time regarded as a rare phenomenon, is well demonstrated in those cases of multiple tumours in which only some show pain or tenderness. In one case with 48 tumours, none was painful (Weidman and Wise, 1937); of 12 tumours, one was painful (Slepyan, 1944) ; of 90 tumours, 2 were painful (Eyster and Montgomery, 1950) and in the present series, in one case which showed 26 tumours only one was painful. The minor degrees are in the form of localized discomfort, perhaps on pressure, mild tinglings or merely localized "sensitiveness" in the area.…”

Multiple Glomus Tumors

“…Multiple glomus tumors form a rare elinieal symptom complex inherited as an autosomal dominant trait (Kaufman & Clark 1941, Eyester & Montgomery 1960, Gorlin et aL I960,-Hueston 1961, Laymon & Peterson 1965, Reed 1969, Conant & Wiesenfeld 1971, HoUins 1971, Rycroft et al 1975. They are vascular tumors, thought to be derived from specialized arterio-venous anastomoses, ealled glomus bodies, located in the reticular dermis (Lever & Schaumberg-Lever 1975).…”

Multiple Painless Glomus Tumours

“…While it is realized that exceptions do occur, it is felt that such a generalization is both warranted and useful. A case such as that of Eyster and Montgomery (1950), in which two painful lesions were present as well as several dozen painless lesions, probably represents, as those writers suggest, a transitional form between the two extremes of structure.…”