a ISSN 1307-394X

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number WR140

b Item number .G56 2014

a Personal name Kaptanoglu, Asli Feride.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title Glomangioma: Rare Localization of a Rare Skin Tumor

c Statement of responsibility, etc Aslı Feride Kaptanoğlu, Ferhat Harman, Cem Çomunoğlu, Özgür Tosun, Erkan Kaptanoğlu.

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014.

a Summary, etc Diagnosis of some of the skin tumors might be difficult as they have no typical clinical appearance. However, subjective complaints such as the painful character of the lesion could be a guide in the differential diagnosis. The extreme pin point pain is a characteristic of glomus tumor and alongside this extreme pain it can be easily diagnosed. Glomangioma is a highly vascularised variant of glomus tumor and is a rare, slow growing benign tumor of dermis or subcutaneous tissue. The most common site of occurrence is in the hands, especially in the distal phalanx and extra digital localization of glomus tumor is rare. Hence, it cannot be easily diagnosed in atypical localizations, thus sometimes causing misdiagnosis. Differential diagnosis is critical for proper interventions in atypical localization. Here, we report a 64 years old male patient suffering from localized pain in the leg for 22 years without diagnosis. Even ultrasonographic evaluation was very painful, it revealed a subcutaneous hypo echoic mass with increased vascularization which was also detected at Doppler US. The patient had great benefit from surgical excision, with a histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of glomangioma. In cases of unexplained point hyperesthesia and pain, atypically located glomus tumors should be encountered in differential diagnosis. Ultrasonography should be the method of first choice due to its high diagnostic value, as well as being economic and easy.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Dermatology

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Glomangioma

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element glomus tumor

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element atypical localization,

g Relationship information 2014, 8 (1): 1481c4

t Title Journal of the Turkish Academy of Dermatology

x International Standard Serial Number 1307-394X

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.6003/jtad.1481c4