A Rare Case of Extra Digital Glomangioma

Glomus tumors are relatively rare vascular tumors with reported incidence of 1.6% of all soft tissue tumors. It is variously regarded as a hamartoma or a neoplasm of neuromyoarterial glomus, which consists of dilated vascular channels, surrounded by proliferating glomus, nerve cells, and plays an important role in temperature regulation. We report the case of glomangioma in a 31-year-old male who came to surgical OPD with a painful single swelling in the right middle third of forearm of nineteen years duration. on examination a single round swelling of about 3x2 cms in size on the flexor aspect of the right middle third of forearm. The swelling was soft in consistency and tender with sign of compressiblity. the ultrasound revealed well defined highly vascular soft tissue lesion in the subcutaneous plane of the right posterior forearm arterio venous malformation to be considered. The excision biopsy was done and histo pathological examination revealed well circumscribed lesion composed of ecstatic and irregular vascular channels lined by round glomus cells with distinct intercellular junctions. The above features were consistent with glomangioma. It is being presented for its rarity.