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*Symptoms of solitary glomus tumor include:<ref name=pl>Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma Accessed on January 12, 2016.</ref><ref name=kp>Glomus tumor. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1735996/ Accessed on January 12, 2016.</ref> | *Symptoms of solitary glomus tumor include:<ref name="pl">Glomangioma. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/glomangioma Accessed on January 12, 2016.</ref><ref name="kp">Glomus tumor. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1735996/ Accessed on January 12, 2016.</ref> | ||
**Pain | **Pain | ||
***Paroxysmal | ***Paroxysmal | ||
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***May worsen at night | ***May worsen at night | ||
***Disappears when a [[tourniquet]] is applied | ***Disappears when a [[tourniquet]] is applied | ||
***Subungual glomus tumors are particularly painful | |||
**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 tumor include:[3][4]
- Pain
- Paroxysmal
- Reproduced when the lesion is placed in cold water
- May worsen at night
- Disappears when a tourniquet is applied
- Subungual glomus tumors are particularly painful
- 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.