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The exact incidence of glomus tumors is unknown. Solitary glomus tumors commonly affect young to middle aged individuals.<ref name=wd>Glomus tumor. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomus_tumor Accessed on January 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma. Accessed onJanuary 11, 2016.</ref> Multiple glomus tumors commonly affect children.<ref name=wd>Glomus tumor. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomus_tumor Accessed on January 11, 2016.</ref> Females are more commonly affected with solitary glomus tumors (particularly subungual lesions) than males. Males are more commonly affected with multiple glomus tumors than females.<ref name=wd>Glomus tumor. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomus_tumor Accessed on January 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma. Accessed onJanuary 11, 2016.</ref> | The exact [[incidence]] of glomus tumors is unknown. Solitary glomus tumors commonly affect young to middle aged individuals.<ref name=wd>Glomus tumor. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomus_tumor Accessed on January 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma. Accessed onJanuary 11, 2016.</ref> Multiple glomus tumors commonly affect children.<ref name=wd>Glomus tumor. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomus_tumor Accessed on January 11, 2016.</ref> Females are more commonly affected with solitary glomus tumors (particularly subungual lesions) than males. Males are more commonly affected with multiple glomus tumors than females.<ref name=wd>Glomus tumor. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomus_tumor Accessed on January 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma. Accessed onJanuary 11, 2016.</ref> | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
*The exact incidence of glomus tumors is unknown. | *The exact [[incidence]] of glomus tumors is unknown. | ||
*The probable misdiagnosis of many of these lesions as | *The probable misdiagnosis of many of these lesions as [[hemangioma]]s or venous malformations also makes an accurate assessment of incidence difficult.<ref name=wd>Glomus tumor. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomus_tumor Accessed on January 11, 2016.</ref> | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
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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
The exact incidence of glomus tumors is unknown. Solitary glomus tumors commonly affect young to middle aged individuals.[1][2] Multiple glomus tumors commonly affect children.[1] Females are more commonly affected with solitary glomus tumors (particularly subungual lesions) than males. Males are more commonly affected with multiple glomus tumors than females.[1][3]
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The exact incidence of glomus tumors is unknown.
- The probable misdiagnosis of many of these lesions as hemangiomas or venous malformations also makes an accurate assessment of incidence difficult.[1]
Age
- Solitary glomus tumors commonly affect young to middle aged individuals.[1][4]
- Multiple glomus tumors commonly affect children.[1]
- Multiple glomus tumors develop 11–15 years earlier than single lesions.
- One third of the cases of multiple glomus tumors affect individuals younger than twenty years of age.
Gender
- Females are more commonly affected with solitary glomus tumors (particularly subungual lesions) than males.[1][5]
- Multiple lesions are slightly more common in males.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Glomus tumor. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomus_tumor Accessed on January 11, 2016.
- ↑ Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma. Accessed onJanuary 11, 2016.
- ↑ Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma. Accessed onJanuary 11, 2016.
- ↑ Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma. Accessed onJanuary 11, 2016.
- ↑ Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma. Accessed onJanuary 11, 2016.