Unusual Glomus Tumor of the Penis

Unusual Volar Pulp Location of Glomus Tumor

Glomus tumors are benign, painful growths originating from glomus bodies and comprise just 1% of tumors arising in the hand, with fewer than 10% in the volar pulp of digits. Hallmark symptoms of glomus tumors include hypersensitivity to cold, heightened pinprick sensitivity, and paroxysmal pain. We report a 72-year-old, right-hand dominant man who presented with pain in the left middle finger, ...

Glomus Tumor of Thumb Occurring at Unusual Location

Glomus tumour are painful swelling arising from glomus bodies. They are very rare in occurrence. Most of the time the presenting symptoms is severely painful fingertip without palpable swelling. Their most common location is the subungual region of digits. We report the rare case of a glomus tumour located in an uncommon location, i.e., at the tip of right thumb medial aspect near to tendon att...

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...

Unusual cause of saxophone penis.

An unusual lesion of the penis.

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