Glomangioma of the trachea.
A case of a glomus tumor arising in an unusual site, the trachea, is described. The tumor was composed of a mixture of glomus cells and mast cells. At the ultrastructural level, the glomus cells exhibited features of modified smooth-muscle cells.
D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure