Giant Glomus Tumour of the ForearmAn Unusual Occurrence
Glomus tumour is a rare small benign lesion which is typically located at fingertip. Most patients with glomus tumour have delayed diagnosis. Recognition of the classical triad of glomus tumour which include paroxysmal pain, exquisite tenderness to touch and cold intolerance; and advanced imaging...
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| description | Glomus tumour is a rare small benign lesion which is typically located at fingertip. Most patients with glomus tumour have delayed
diagnosis. Recognition of the classical triad of glomus tumour which include paroxysmal pain, exquisite tenderness to touch
and cold intolerance; and advanced imaging like MRI and biopsy would help in making the diagnosis. Here, a case of an elderly
patient is reported with painful right forearm swelling for three years which progressively increased in size. The size of the swelling
was unusually large for glomus tumour. Unfortunately, during the same time period he suffered from acute coronary event. MRI
revealed subcutaneously located lobulated soft tissue mass. Surgical biopsy with marginal excision was done. Histopathological
examination revealed small uniform rounded cells surrounding capillary vessels, consistent with the diagnosis of glomus tumour.
There was no recurrence up to 2 year of follow-up and his cardiac symptoms also stabilised. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4514e8e43cad4d1f87deac5f630bed912022-12-21T20:25:38ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2020-07-01147010310.7860/JCDR/2020/43732.13868Giant Glomus Tumour of the ForearmAn Unusual OccurrenceAmmar Muizzuddin Manas0Mohd Yazid Bajuri1Suryasmi Duski2Chye Ping Ching3Doctor, Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Doctor, Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Doctor, Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaGlomus tumour is a rare small benign lesion which is typically located at fingertip. Most patients with glomus tumour have delayed diagnosis. Recognition of the classical triad of glomus tumour which include paroxysmal pain, exquisite tenderness to touch and cold intolerance; and advanced imaging like MRI and biopsy would help in making the diagnosis. Here, a case of an elderly patient is reported with painful right forearm swelling for three years which progressively increased in size. The size of the swelling was unusually large for glomus tumour. Unfortunately, during the same time period he suffered from acute coronary event. MRI revealed subcutaneously located lobulated soft tissue mass. Surgical biopsy with marginal excision was done. Histopathological examination revealed small uniform rounded cells surrounding capillary vessels, consistent with the diagnosis of glomus tumour. There was no recurrence up to 2 year of follow-up and his cardiac symptoms also stabilised.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/13868/43732_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(Chr_SL)_PFA(SL)_PN(SL).pdfbenign lesioncoronary eventextradigitalsurgical excision |
| spellingShingle | Ammar Muizzuddin Manas Mohd Yazid Bajuri Suryasmi Duski Chye Ping Ching Giant Glomus Tumour of the ForearmAn Unusual Occurrence Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research benign lesion coronary event extradigital surgical excision |
| title | Giant Glomus Tumour of the ForearmAn Unusual Occurrence |
| title_full | Giant Glomus Tumour of the ForearmAn Unusual Occurrence |
| title_fullStr | Giant Glomus Tumour of the ForearmAn Unusual Occurrence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant Glomus Tumour of the ForearmAn Unusual Occurrence |
| title_short | Giant Glomus Tumour of the ForearmAn Unusual Occurrence |
| title_sort | giant glomus tumour of the forearman unusual occurrence |
| topic | benign lesion coronary event extradigital surgical excision |
| url | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/13868/43732_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(Chr_SL)_PFA(SL)_PN(SL).pdf |
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