Multiple glomus tumors of the face and eyelid.
The glomus tumor is a benign, vascular, hamartomatous derivative of the glomus body, a normal intradermal arteriovenous anastomosis. Most glomus tumors are solitary, tender lesions of the nail bed and are found only rarely on the eyelid. Occasionally, glomus tumors assume a multiple form, wherein they are nontender. I report a unique case of multiple glomus tumors involving the face, palate, eyelid, and anterior orbit.
D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery