Glomus tumour with intravascular spread.
We present here a case of 48 year-old man with a glomus tumour on the dorsal side of the right foot which displayed intravascular spread of the tumour cells. Four years after excision the patient was without recurrences and metastases. Intravascular spread of tumour in our case can be compared with the same phenomenon in intravascular leiomyomatosis. We do not consider such spread in glomus tumour as a sign of malignancy.
Michal
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Sikl Department of Pathology, Charles University Medical School, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness