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Glomus tumor differential diagnosis

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Solitary glomus tumors must be differentiated from leiomyoma and eccrine spiradenoma. Multiple glomus tumors must be differentiated from other diseases such as cavernous hemangioma and blue rubber-bleb nevus syndrome.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis

The presence of pain in most cases means the differential diagnosis must include other painful tumors that can occur in the digits:[1]

References

References

  1. ↑ Rohrich RJ, Hochstein LM, Millwee RH (1994). “Subungual glomus tumors: an algorithmic approach”. Ann Plast Surg. 33 (3): 300–4. PMID 7985967.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lee W, Kwon SB, Cho SH, Eo SR, Kwon C (2015). “Glomus tumor of the hand”. Arch Plast Surg. 42 (3): 295–301. doi:10.5999/aps.2015.42.3.295. PMC 4439588. PMID 26015884.
  3. ↑ Chatterjee JS, Youssef AH, Brown RM, Nishikawa H (2005). “Congenital nodular multiple glomangioma: a case report”. J Clin Pathol. 58 (1): 102–3. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.014324. PMC 1770555. PMID 15623496.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Glomus tumor. Libre pathology. http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Glomus_tumour Accessed on February 1, 2016.

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