Congenital plaque-like glomangioma: report of two cases

Glomus tumors are rare hamartomas that originate from the glomus body. These tumors can be divided into solitary and multiple, the latter also known as glomangioma. We report the case of two patients with a rare variety of glomangioma called congenital plaque-like glomangioma. It presents as numerou...

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Autores principales: de Souza, Nivea Godinho Alves, Wedy, Gláucia Ferreira, Nai, Gisele Alborghetti, de Abreu, Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29267443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175766
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author de Souza, Nivea Godinho Alves
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description Glomus tumors are rare hamartomas that originate from the glomus body. These tumors can be divided into solitary and multiple, the latter also known as glomangioma. We report the case of two patients with a rare variety of glomangioma called congenital plaque-like glomangioma. It presents as numerous red to bluish compressible papules, that increase in size in proportion with the weight and height growth of the child. Diagnostic confirmation is with histopathology and the treatment is surgical.
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spelling pubmed-57266742017-12-18 Congenital plaque-like glomangioma: report of two cases de Souza, Nivea Godinho Alves Wedy, Gláucia Ferreira Nai, Gisele Alborghetti de Abreu, Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado An Bras Dermatol Case Report Glomus tumors are rare hamartomas that originate from the glomus body. These tumors can be divided into solitary and multiple, the latter also known as glomangioma. We report the case of two patients with a rare variety of glomangioma called congenital plaque-like glomangioma. It presents as numerous red to bluish compressible papules, that increase in size in proportion with the weight and height growth of the child. Diagnostic confirmation is with histopathology and the treatment is surgical. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5726674/ /pubmed/29267443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175766 Text en ©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
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