title: Subungual glomus tumours: a different approach to diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Nine cases of subungual glomus tumour in which a transillumination test was used for diagnosis and a different operative technique was used to prevent postoperative nail deformity are described. The transillumination test is a new method for identifying a glomus tumour. With our surgical technique it is simple to approach a glomus tumour under the proximal nail bed and it produces a minimal defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kabaklioglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014172:Transillumination