A glomus tumor mimicking a peripheral neuropathy.
A patient was found to have a solitary glomus tumor near the posterior cutaneous branch of the ulnar nerve at a wrist. For years, his symptoms mimicked a peripheral neuropathy. The location, color, and soft vascular consistency of the lesion helped us to make the correct diagnosis in this case and simple ablation of the lesion effected a cure.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014459:Ulnar Nerve