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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
A detailed history from the patient may be helpful. A positive history of trauma may be present.<ref name="pmid20322052">{{cite journal| author=Blanchard AJ| title=The Pathology of Glomus Tumours. | journal=Can Med Assoc J | year= 1941 | volume= 44 | issue= 4 | pages= 357-60 | pmid=20322052 | doi= | pmc=PMC1827043 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20322052 }} </ref> A positive family history may be present in patients with multiple glomus tumors (autosomal dominant).Symptoms of glomus tumor include hypersensitivity to cold and paroxysmal pain at a well defined site.<ref name="pmid20038364">{{cite journal| author=Samaniego E, Crespo A, Sanz A| title=[Key diagnostic features and treatment of subungual glomus tumor]. | journal=Actas Dermosifiliogr | year= 2009 | volume= 100 | issue= 10 | pages= 875-82 | pmid=20038364 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20038364 }} </ref> | A detailed history from the patient may be helpful. A positive history of [[trauma]] may be present.<ref name="pmid20322052">{{cite journal| author=Blanchard AJ| title=The Pathology of Glomus Tumours. | journal=Can Med Assoc J | year= 1941 | volume= 44 | issue= 4 | pages= 357-60 | pmid=20322052 | doi= | pmc=PMC1827043 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20322052 }} </ref> A positive family history may be present in patients with multiple glomus tumors ([[autosomal dominant]]).Symptoms of glomus tumor include [[hypersensitivity]] to cold and paroxysmal pain at a well defined site.<ref name="pmid20038364">{{cite journal| author=Samaniego E, Crespo A, Sanz A| title=[Key diagnostic features and treatment of subungual glomus tumor]. | journal=Actas Dermosifiliogr | year= 2009 | volume= 100 | issue= 10 | pages= 875-82 | pmid=20038364 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20038364 }} </ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
*A detailed history from the patient may be helpful. A positive history of trauma may be present.<ref name="pmid20322052">{{cite journal| author=Blanchard AJ| title=The Pathology of Glomus Tumours. | journal=Can Med Assoc J | year= 1941 | volume= 44 | issue= 4 | pages= 357-60 | pmid=20322052 | doi= | pmc=PMC1827043 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20322052 }} </ref> | *A detailed history from the patient may be helpful. A positive history of trauma may be present.<ref name="pmid20322052">{{cite journal| author=Blanchard AJ| title=The Pathology of Glomus Tumours. | journal=Can Med Assoc J | year= 1941 | volume= 44 | issue= 4 | pages= 357-60 | pmid=20322052 | doi= | pmc=PMC1827043 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20322052 }} </ref> | ||
*A positive family history may be present in patients with multiple glomus tumors (autosomal dominant). | *A positive family history may be present in patients with multiple glomus tumors ([[autosomal dominant]]). | ||
==Symptoms== | ==Symptoms== | ||
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***Reproduced when the lesion is placed in cold water | ***Reproduced when the lesion is placed in cold water | ||
***May worsen at night | ***May worsen at night | ||
***Disappears when a tourniquet is applied | ***Disappears when a [[tourniquet]] is applied | ||
**Multiple glomus tumors are usually painless. | **Multiple glomus tumors are usually painless. | ||
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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
A detailed history from the patient may be helpful. A positive history of trauma may be present.[1] A positive family history may be present in patients with multiple glomus tumors (autosomal dominant).Symptoms of glomus tumor include hypersensitivity to cold and paroxysmal pain at a well defined site.[2]
History
- A detailed history from the patient may be helpful. A positive history of trauma may be present.[1]
- A positive family history may be present in patients with multiple glomus tumors (autosomal dominant).
Symptoms
- Symptoms of solitary glomus tumour include:[3][4]
- Pain
- Paroxysmal
- Reproduced when the lesion is placed in cold water
- May worsen at night
- Disappears when a tourniquet is applied
- Multiple glomus tumors are usually painless.
- Pain
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blanchard AJ (1941). "The Pathology of Glomus Tumours". Can Med Assoc J. 44 (4): 357–60. PMC 1827043. PMID 20322052.
- ↑ Samaniego E, Crespo A, Sanz A (2009). "[Key diagnostic features and treatment of subungual glomus tumor]". Actas Dermosifiliogr. 100 (10): 875–82. PMID 20038364.
- ↑ Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma Accessed on January 12, 2016.
- ↑ Glomus tumor. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1735996/ Accessed on January 12, 2016.