Solitary glomus tumour

SUMMARY A 42‐year‐old woman developed a purplish, tender nodule on her wrist of 6 months duration. Histological examination showed a well‐circumscribed lesion situated in the dermis and subcutis characterized by numerous, dilated thin‐walled vascular spaces surrounded by sheets of glomus cells. The...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Australasian journal of dermatology 1999-11, Vol.40 (4), p.226-227
Hauptverfasser:	Peretz, Eyal, Grunwald, Marcelo H, Avinoach, Ilana, Halevy, Sima
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Dermatology Female glomangioma Glomus Tumor - pathology Glomus Tumor - surgery Humans Medical sciences Skin Neoplasms - pathology Skin Neoplasms - surgery Tropical medicine Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions vascular spaces Wrist - pathology Wrist - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	SUMMARY A 42‐year‐old woman developed a purplish, tender nodule on her wrist of 6 months duration. Histological examination showed a well‐circumscribed lesion situated in the dermis and subcutis characterized by numerous, dilated thin‐walled vascular spaces surrounded by sheets of glomus cells. The histological findings are characteristic of the diagnosis of an uncommon type of glomus tumour, known as glomangioma.
ISSN:	0004-8380 1440-0960
DOI:	10.1046/j.1440-0960.1999.00369.x