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Glomus tumor arises from modified smooth muscle cells of glomus body (or glomus apparatus). Glomus body is a neuromyoarterial plexus in the dermis of skin that is normally involved in thermoregulation. | Glomus tumor arises from modified smooth muscle cells of glomus body (or glomus apparatus). Glomus body is a neuromyoarterial plexus in the dermis of skin that is normally involved in thermoregulation. On microscopic histopathological analysis, branching vascular channels and aggregates of specialised glomus cells are characteristic findings of glomus tumor. | ||
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Image:Glomus_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg|Intermediate magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.<ref>Glomus tumor. Wikimedia commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glomus_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg#/media/File:Glomus_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg Accessed on January 7, 2016.</ref> | Image:Glomus_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg|Intermediate magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.<ref name=op>Glomus tumor. Wikimedia commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glomus_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg#/media/File:Glomus_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg Accessed on January 7, 2016.</ref> | ||
Image:1200px-Glomus_tumour_-_high_mag.jpg|High magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.<ref>Glomus tumor. Wikimedia commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glomus_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg#/media/File:Glomus_tumour_-_high_mag.jpg Accessed on January 7, 2016.</ref> | Image:1200px-Glomus_tumour_-_high_mag.jpg|High magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.<ref name=op>Glomus tumor. Wikimedia commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glomus_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg#/media/File:Glomus_tumour_-_high_mag.jpg Accessed on January 7, 2016.</ref> | ||
Image:1200px-Glomus_tumour_-_2_-_very_high_mag.jpg|Very high magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.<ref>Glomus tumor. Wikimedia commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glomus_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg#/media/File:Glomus_tumour_-_2_-_very_high_mag.jpg Accessed on January 7, 2016.</ref> | Image:1200px-Glomus_tumour_-_2_-_very_high_mag.jpg|Very high magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.<ref name=op>Glomus tumor. Wikimedia commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glomus_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg#/media/File:Glomus_tumour_-_2_-_very_high_mag.jpg Accessed on January 7, 2016.</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]
Overview
Glomus tumor arises from modified smooth muscle cells of glomus body (or glomus apparatus). Glomus body is a neuromyoarterial plexus in the dermis of skin that is normally involved in thermoregulation. On microscopic histopathological analysis, branching vascular channels and aggregates of specialised glomus cells are characteristic findings of glomus tumor.
Pathophysiology
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![Intermediate magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.[1]](/images/3/39/Glomus_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg)
Intermediate magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.[1]
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![High magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.[1]](/images/d/d8/1200px-Glomus_tumour_-_high_mag.jpg)
High magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.[1]
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![Very high magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.[1]](/images/4/48/1200px-Glomus_tumour_-_2_-_very_high_mag.jpg)
Very high magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.[1]
![Intermediate magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.[1]](/index.php/File:Glomus_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg)
![High magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.[1]](/index.php/File:1200px-Glomus_tumour_-_high_mag.jpg)
![Very high magnification micrograph of a glomus tumor. H&E stain.[1]](/index.php/File:1200px-Glomus_tumour_-_2_-_very_high_mag.jpg)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Glomus tumor. Wikimedia commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glomus_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg#/media/File:Glomus_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg Accessed on January 7, 2016.
