Extradigital glomus tumour causing thigh pain : A case report

Glomus tumours are rare and benign, arising from a neuromyoarterial glomus body, most commonly in the hand. We report a patient with such a tumour in an atypical site, the right vastus lateralis. Pain was aggravated by muscle contraction, and ultrasonography and MRI were required to locate the lesio...

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Published in:	Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume Vol. 79; no. 1; pp. 104 - 106
Main Authors:	AMILLO, S, ARRIOLA, F. J, MUNOZ, G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 1997
Subjects:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Diseases of the osteoarticular system Female Glomus Tumor - complications Glomus Tumor - diagnostic imaging Humans Medical sciences Pain - etiology Radiography Soft Tissue Neoplasms - complications Soft Tissue Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Thigh Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton Ultrasonography Case study Human Vastus lateralis muscle Symptomatology Striated muscle disease Pain Thigh Glomus tumor Lower limb Benign neoplasm Diagnosis Hamartoma
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Summary:	Glomus tumours are rare and benign, arising from a neuromyoarterial glomus body, most commonly in the hand. We report a patient with such a tumour in an atypical site, the right vastus lateralis. Pain was aggravated by muscle contraction, and ultrasonography and MRI were required to locate the lesion accurately. Surgical excision gave immediate pain relief.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0301-620X 2044-5377
DOI:	10.1302/0301-620X.79B1.6951