title: [A case of glomus tumor of the stomach, including a review of the literature of 52 reported cases in Japan].
abstract: Discussed is a 62-year-old male who was admitted to hospital for an examination of the stomach. Physical examination and associated laboratory data uncovered no unusual results. On barium ingestion, however, an X-ray revealed an oval shaped filling defect at the greater curvature of the antrum. Further, endoscopic examination revealed half of a globular tumor with a surface redness and bridging folds radiating from the tumor. Examination of a biopsied specimen led to the determination of a glomus tumor and the patient underwent an operation. On operation, a well circumscribed submucosal tumor, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm in size, with lobulation was found in the antral submucosal region, this tumor extending to the subserosa. A histopathological study of this neoplasm revealed that it consisted of irregular, swollen, blood vessel lumens lined with flattened endothelial cells, with surrounding aggregates of glomus cells forming lobules. In addition to this case, 52 cases of glomus tumors reported in the Japanese literature are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasutake
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokisue
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011859:Radiography; D012704:Serous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery