Multiple Glomus Tumors of the Omentum

A glomus tumor is a very rare neoplasm consisting of cells that resemble the modified smooth muscle cells of normal glomus bodies. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old male with multiple omental glomus tumors. The patient underwent a complete resection of the glomus tumors. This is a rare case of...

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Autores principales: Jung, Won Beom, Park, In Ja, Song, Joon Seon, Cho, Kyung-Ja, Kim, Jin Cheon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Coloproctology 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26361617
http://dx.doi.org/10.3393/ac.2015.31.4.153
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Sumario:A glomus tumor is a very rare neoplasm consisting of cells that resemble the modified smooth muscle cells of normal glomus bodies. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old male with multiple omental glomus tumors. The patient underwent a complete resection of the glomus tumors. This is a rare case of omental glomus tumors, and to our knowledge, this patient is the first with multiple omental glomus tumors to be described.

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