Excision of Subungual Glomus Tumor by Subungual Approach: A Useful Yet Underutilized Technique

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to present an underutilized and underreported surgical technique in which the glomus tumors situated anywhere under the nail bed can be approached and removed with relative ease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Over 3 years, four cases of subungual glomus tumors, which we...

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Autores principales: Nambi, Gurunathampalayam Ilango, Varanambigai, Thirumurugan Kavin Arudhra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31619892
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_28_19
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author Nambi, Gurunathampalayam Ilango
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description OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to present an underutilized and underreported surgical technique in which the glomus tumors situated anywhere under the nail bed can be approached and removed with relative ease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Over 3 years, four cases of subungual glomus tumors, which were surgically managed with this technique were presented. The technical ease, complications, and aesthetic appearance of the nail were studied and presented. The limitation of this study was the lesser volume of cases. RESULTS: This technique is easy to apply and gives aesthetically good results.
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spelling pubmed-67859662019-10-16 Excision of Subungual Glomus Tumor by Subungual Approach: A Useful Yet Underutilized Technique Nambi, Gurunathampalayam Ilango Varanambigai, Thirumurugan Kavin Arudhra J Cutan Aesthet Surg Case Report OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to present an underutilized and underreported surgical technique in which the glomus tumors situated anywhere under the nail bed can be approached and removed with relative ease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Over 3 years, four cases of subungual glomus tumors, which were surgically managed with this technique were presented. The technical ease, complications, and aesthetic appearance of the nail were studied and presented. The limitation of this study was the lesser volume of cases. RESULTS: This technique is easy to apply and gives aesthetically good results. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6785966/ /pubmed/31619892 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_28_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Excision of Subungual Glomus Tumor by Subungual Approach: A Useful Yet Underutilized Technique
title Excision of Subungual Glomus Tumor by Subungual Approach: A Useful Yet Underutilized Technique
title_full Excision of Subungual Glomus Tumor by Subungual Approach: A Useful Yet Underutilized Technique
title_fullStr Excision of Subungual Glomus Tumor by Subungual Approach: A Useful Yet Underutilized Technique
title_full_unstemmed Excision of Subungual Glomus Tumor by Subungual Approach: A Useful Yet Underutilized Technique
title_short Excision of Subungual Glomus Tumor by Subungual Approach: A Useful Yet Underutilized Technique
title_sort excision of subungual glomus tumor by subungual approach: a useful yet underutilized technique
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31619892
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_28_19
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