Xanthoma of the Skin and Larynx

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.…”

“…On the other hand, they may be scattered diffusely over the body (Slepyan, 1944). The tumours may be very numerous; thus, in Slepyan's case, there were 12 nodules but as many as 48 (Weidman and Wise, 1937) and even 90 (Evster and Montgomery, 1950) tumours have been encountered in one patient.…”

“…Ever since the early descriptions by Masson (1924) it has been recognized that this condition is well localized, usually encapsuled, slowly-growing and structurally is organoid-being an hypertrophied glomus rather than a true tumour. The condition thus is of the nature of a malformation or hamartoma (Weidman and Wise, 1937) but in modern articles writers still refer to the nodules as if they were actually neoplasms and it is clear that some writers do not comprehend the fundamental propositions involved (Gold, 1950).…”

Glomangioma

“…The occurrence of multiple glomangiomata has been recorded (Bergstrand, 1937;Lee, 1938), but this is rare; the reports have unfortunately not always been accompanied by illustrations (Touraine et al, 1936). Weidman and Wise (1937) describe a case with forty-eight subcutaneous lesions which they consider to be telangiectases of glomera, an explanation they suggest is applicable to other reported cases.…”