Surgical treatment outcomes of glomus tumor of the finger

Acar, Erdinç

doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.239336

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“…Some of the various specialties involved in the care of our patients, as in most series, included primary care, dermatology, neurology, rheumatology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, and even alternative medical treatments. [381112] The prescribed investigations included electrophysiological studies, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the cervical spine, computed tomography of the cervical spine and hand, isotope-bone scans, etc. Inappropriate treatments advised included among others: physiotherapy, radiotherapy, cortisone injections, vasodilator therapy, carpal tunnel release, ulnar nerve decompression, laminectomy, sympathectomy, and even amputation; these are also common with other series.…”

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“…The treatment of glomus tumor is surgical. [1412] In various series, the recurrence rates have varied from 12% to 33%. It is generally thought that symptoms that recur within days to weeks of surgery may suggest inadequate excision; in contrast, symptoms when they appear 2 to 3 years postoperatively may indicate multiple tumors.…”

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“…The transungual approach for excision of the glomus tumor is usually recommended[49111220] as it gives the best exposure if the lesion is completely subungual. In the present series, the transungual approach was used in all cases with subungual lesions.…”

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“…Replacing the nail plate in its original position has been suggested to prevent nail deformities. [12] In all transungual excisions, we replaced the nail plate and encountered no case of postoperative nail deformity. Some authors have used lateral approaches, viz., lateral subperiosteal[21] and latero-ungual.…”

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Glomus tumor of the fingertips: A frequently missed diagnosis

Santoshi

Kori

Khurana

2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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Background: Glomus tumors present as painful lesions, most commonly in the fingertips. These can present to outpatient clinics of multiple specialties. Materials and Methods: Retrospective review was performed of 37 patients diagnosed as having glomus tumor in the thumb or fingertips over a 10-year period. The data collected included demographics, presenting symptoms, duration, previous treatment history, physical examination, treatment, and recurrence. The data were presented by means of descriptive statistics. Results: The mean duration of symptoms before presentation was 3.8 years (range 2 to 12 years). The mean age at presentation was 38 years (range 16 to 62 years), and female to male ratio was 21:16. Twenty-two patients had left-hand involvement; thumb 8, index finger 5, middle finger 5, ring finger 14, and little finger 5. Clinical and radiological assessments were made preoperatively. At presentation, 18 cases had nail changes, whereas 19 had no obvious nail changes – out of these, 4 had pulp involvement. The lesion involved the subungual region in 33 cases. The mean size of the lesion was 3.8 mm (range 2 to 10 mm). Thirty-six patients were found to have histopathologically proven glomus tumors, whereas in one no specific lesion was found on histopathological examination; this patient returned with recurrence of symptoms at 2-month follow-up. There was no other patient experienced recurrence of symptoms. Conclusion: Early diagnosis of glomus tumors is important to avoid lengthy treatment delays, chronic pain, disuse syndromes, and psychiatric misdiagnoses.

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Glomus tumor of the fingertips: A frequently missed diagnosis

Santoshi

Kori

Khurana

2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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“…Glomus tumors are most commonly seen in the third and fifth decade, with females being affected four times more than the males [6]. Glomus tumors, according to the clinical classification, are categorized into solitary or multiple types.…”

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Love sign's love for glomus tumor

Shukla¹,

Verma²,

Shukla³

et al. 2018

Hand Microsurg

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Glomus tumors are rare benign painful tumors, which arise from the glomus body. The diagnosis is established with a detailed history and a bunch of efficient clinical tests, which are more beneficial than the radiological investigations. The surgical removal of the tumor is the mainstay of treatment. We present here a case of glomus tumor of right thumb suffering from agonizing paroxysms of pain since the last ten years, which was diagnosed clinically, whose tumor was surgically removed after localizing it with the love's pin test.

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Clinico‐epidemiological profile and management outcome of subungual digital glomus tumor—Indian experience

Singal

Bisherwal

Agrawal

et al. 2022

Dermatologic Therapy

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Background: Glomus tumors are rare tumors arising from the mesenchymal smooth muscle cells of the glomus body. They are extremely painful tumors but because of their subungual location, remain mostly underdiagnosed.Aim: To characterize the demographic, clinical, onychoscopic, radiological features and management outcome of subungual glomus tumor. Material & methods-15 patients with a total of 16 subungual glomus tumors were evaluated and their demographic data, history, clinical features, investigations, treatment, and follow-up were analyzed.Results: Glomus tumors had a female preponderance (11/15) with thumb being the commonest site. All patients presented with intractable pain. Nail discoloration was observed in 11/16 (68.8%) lesions and nail plate deformity in 6/16 (37.5%) lesions.Common features on onychosocpy were pink glow and linear vascular structures. Doppler sonography and/or magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis of glomus tumor in all the lesions. Surgical excision was done under local anesthesia using a trans-ungual approach and no recurrence was seen.Conclusions: High index of suspicion, meticulous clinical assessment along with radiological investigations can help in the early diagnosis. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice to prevent recurrence.

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Surgical treatment outcomes of glomus tumor of the finger

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Glomus tumor of the fingertips: A frequently missed diagnosis

Glomus tumor of the fingertips: A frequently missed diagnosis

Love sign's love for glomus tumor

Clinico‐epidemiological profile and management outcome of subungual digital glomus tumor—Indian experience

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