title: Glomus tumors in the fingers: diagnosis with US.
abstract: To the author's knowledge, no direct imaging technique has been used routinely in the diagnosis of glomus tumors. Twelve patients with proved glomus tumors of the fingers were examined with high-resolution real-time ultrasound (US). US depicted the tumor preoperatively in nine patients (75%). All detected tumors were hypoechoic on US scans. The smallest tumor detected was 3 mm in diameter. A limitation of US is in the detection of small, flattened subungual lesions. These preliminary observations indicate that US imaging with high-frequency transducers is useful in both the diagnosis and the preoperative three-dimensional localization of glomus tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institut Jean-Godinot, Reims, France.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Fornage
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013933:Thumb; D014463:Ultrasonography