Glomus tumour of the palate: case report and review of the literature.
Glomus tumours are benign vascular tumours, usually located in the skin. Intra-oral glomus tumours are rare. A glomus tumour of the palate is reported, only the fifth such case out of a total of 14 intra-oral glomus tumours in the world medical literature.
Geraghty
J M
JM
Department of Histopathology, Peterborough District Hospital, UK.
Thomas
R W
RW
Robertson
J M
JM
Blundell
J W
JW
D000368:Aged; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*