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Glomus Tumor of the Kidney Harboring Malignant Potential
Glomus tumors are rare, benign, vascular neoplasms arising from the glomus body. Although they occasionally develop in any part of the body, they do so more common in the upper extremities, most frequently subungual areas. An extensive review of the literature revealed less than thirty cases of prim...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8664362/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34912620 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19479 |
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author | Kapogiannis, Filipos Tsiampa, Eleni |
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description | Glomus tumors are rare, benign, vascular neoplasms arising from the glomus body. Although they occasionally develop in any part of the body, they do so more common in the upper extremities, most frequently subungual areas. An extensive review of the literature revealed less than thirty cases of primary renal glomus tumors. We present a unique case of an adult male with an incidentally discovered 2.5 cm right renal mass. Histopathologic and immunohistochemical examination suggested the diagnosis of glomus tumor. Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of soft tissue tumors, the presence of at least two atypical features indicates malignant potential. In this case, deep/visceral location and size greater than 2 cm fulfilled these criteria. Following an uneventful excision and a 12-month follow-up period, the patient remains disease-free with no sign of local or distant metastases. |
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spelling | pubmed-86643622021-12-14 Glomus Tumor of the Kidney Harboring Malignant Potential Kapogiannis, Filipos Tsiampa, Eleni Cureus Pathology Glomus tumors are rare, benign, vascular neoplasms arising from the glomus body. Although they occasionally develop in any part of the body, they do so more common in the upper extremities, most frequently subungual areas. An extensive review of the literature revealed less than thirty cases of primary renal glomus tumors. We present a unique case of an adult male with an incidentally discovered 2.5 cm right renal mass. Histopathologic and immunohistochemical examination suggested the diagnosis of glomus tumor. Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of soft tissue tumors, the presence of at least two atypical features indicates malignant potential. In this case, deep/visceral location and size greater than 2 cm fulfilled these criteria. Following an uneventful excision and a 12-month follow-up period, the patient remains disease-free with no sign of local or distant metastases. Cureus 2021-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8664362/ /pubmed/34912620 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19479 Text en Copyright © 2021, Kapogiannis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pathology Kapogiannis, Filipos Tsiampa, Eleni Glomus Tumor of the Kidney Harboring Malignant Potential |
title | Glomus Tumor of the Kidney Harboring Malignant Potential |
title_full | Glomus Tumor of the Kidney Harboring Malignant Potential |
title_fullStr | Glomus Tumor of the Kidney Harboring Malignant Potential |
title_full_unstemmed | Glomus Tumor of the Kidney Harboring Malignant Potential |
title_short | Glomus Tumor of the Kidney Harboring Malignant Potential |
title_sort | glomus tumor of the kidney harboring malignant potential |
topic | Pathology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8664362/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34912620 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19479 |
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