title: Extradigital glomus tumor causing para-Achilles tendon pain. A case report.
abstract: A 48-year-old woman with a 15-year history of a painful nodule in the para-Achilles tendon area was evaluated by clinical examination, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography, then treated by simple surgical excision of the nodule. Pathology revealed a glomus tumor, which is extremely rare in the para-Achilles tendon area. This is the first report of a glomus tumor in this location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Iida Municipal Hospital, 438 Yawata Chou, Iida City, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ookubo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adati
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harada
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler