Glomus Tumor of the Hand
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Glomus Tumor of the Hand
BACKGROUND Glomus tumors were first described by Wood in 1812 as painful subcutaneous tubercles. It is an uncommon benign neoplasm involving the glomus body, an apparatus that involves in thermoregulation of cutaneous microvasculature. Glomus tumor constitutes 1%-5% of all hand tumors. It usually occurs at the subungual region and more commonly in aged women. Its classical clinical triad consis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Plastic Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2234-6163,2234-6171
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2015.42.3.295