Glomus tumor of the trachea is a rare disease. A glomus tumor of the trachea in a 70-year-old man is described. The tumor was successfully excised with rigid bronchoscopy. Twenty-four months after treatment there remains no evidence of endobronchial regrowth at bronchoscopy or imaging studies. Histologic features and treatment are discussed.

Glomus tumours are rare in adults, and such tumours may be associated with neurofibromatosis-1 (Nf-1). Here we describe successful treatment of two glomus tumours initially in the long finger and, one year later, in the thumb in a 17-year young girl with Nf-1.

Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) is a hallmark manifestation of sleep apnea. A heightened carotid body activity and the resulting chemosensory reflex mediate increased sympathetic nerve activity by CIH. However, the mechanisms underlying heightened carotid body activity by CIH are not known. An elevation of intracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) in glomus cells, the primary oxyge...

The authors report a rare case of subungual glomus tumor in the right hallux, which was excised with complete relief of symptoms. They provide a brief description of histological features and review the literature.

Glomus tumors are caused by hyperplasia of the glomus body. Extra-digital occasionally challenging to identify. We report a case patient who was misdiagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and eventually after surgical excision it found be tumor. Tumors must therefore considered in differential diagnosis individuals extra digital lesions that present at wrist stabbing pain, hypersensitivity, parox...

A female, caucasian, 22-year-old patient with no comorbidity, complaining of incapacitating crises of subungual pain in her left hallux, strong enough to wake her up in the middle of the night, starting four years ago, with progressive worsening. The symptom was triggered by a physical stimulus such as cold temperature , local pressure, and even wind causing the crises which improved as she imm...

Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (M) fungal colonization, growth, and nonstructural carbohydrate status of sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) seedlings were compared at low- and high-phosphorus (P) supply following inoculation with four Glomus isolates: G. intraradices (Gi, FL208), G. etunicatum (Ge, UT316), G. claroideum (Gc, SC186), and Glomus sp. (G329, FL906). Nonmycorrhizal (NM) seedlings s...

Oxygen sensing is part of the homeostatic biological processes necessary for adaptation of living organisms to variable habitats and physiologic situations. Cellular responses to hypoxia can be acute or chronic. Acute responses depend mainly on O2regulated ion channels which mediate adaptive changes in cell excitability, contractility and secretory activity. The main O2 sensor mediating the acu...

Glomus jugulare is a rare slow growing tumor occurring within the jugular foramen that rarely presents with isolated symptoms. Although histologically benign, these tumors are locally destructive because of their proximity to the petrous bone, the lower cranial nerves, and the major vascular structures (Miller et al. (2009) and Silverstone (1973)). We wish to report a glomus jugulare tumor erod...