Glomus tumor of the leg: a case report

Glomus tumors are uncommon benign tumors developing from the neuro-myo-arterial glomus body. They are typically located in the fingers. The extra-digital involvement is unusual and makes diagnosis difficult. Only few cases have been reported in literature. We report an exceptional case of a glomus t...

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Autores principales: Sbai, Mohamed Ali, Benzarti, Sofien, Gharbi, Wafa, Khoffi, Wadia, Maalla, Riadh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31065324
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.186.9706
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author Sbai, Mohamed Ali
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description Glomus tumors are uncommon benign tumors developing from the neuro-myo-arterial glomus body. They are typically located in the fingers. The extra-digital involvement is unusual and makes diagnosis difficult. Only few cases have been reported in literature. We report an exceptional case of a glomus tumor of the lower leg in a 65-year-old male. The diagnosis was clinically suspected and confirmed by a biopsy. Surgical excision gave immediate pain relief. The aim of this report is to make the surgical community more aware of this entity based on the analysis of our own experience and a review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-64882552019-05-07 Glomus tumor of the leg: a case report Sbai, Mohamed Ali Benzarti, Sofien Gharbi, Wafa Khoffi, Wadia Maalla, Riadh Pan Afr Med J Case Report Glomus tumors are uncommon benign tumors developing from the neuro-myo-arterial glomus body. They are typically located in the fingers. The extra-digital involvement is unusual and makes diagnosis difficult. Only few cases have been reported in literature. We report an exceptional case of a glomus tumor of the lower leg in a 65-year-old male. The diagnosis was clinically suspected and confirmed by a biopsy. Surgical excision gave immediate pain relief. The aim of this report is to make the surgical community more aware of this entity based on the analysis of our own experience and a review of the literature. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6488255/ /pubmed/31065324 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.186.9706 Text en © Mohamed Ali Sbai et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488255/
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