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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. 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.
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:[2]
- Pain
- Paroxysmal
- Cold sensitivity
- 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
- ↑ Blanchard AJ (1941). "The Pathology of Glomus Tumours". Can Med Assoc J. 44 (4): 357–60. PMC 1827043. PMID 20322052.
- ↑ Brouillard P, Ghassibé M, Penington A, Boon LM, Dompmartin A, Temple IK; et al. (2005). "Four common glomulin mutations cause two thirds of glomuvenous malformations ("familial glomangiomas"): evidence for a founder effect". J Med Genet. 42 (2): e13. doi:10.1136/jmg.2004.024174. PMC 1735996. PMID 15689436.