title: Primary intraosseous glomus tumor: a case report.
abstract: We reported a rare case of a primary intraosseous glomus tumor in a 53-year-old woman who had a small lytic lesion in the distal phalanx of her left index finger. The radiologic appearance showed a well circumscribed osteolytic lesion without sclerotic rim. Histologic examination revealed solid nests or sheets of polygonal cells surrounding branching vasculatures consistent with a glomus tumor. Curettage resulted in complete removal of the tumor as well as pain alleviation. The patient was well without evidence of recurrent disease following an 18 month follow-up. Despite its rarity, intraosseous glomus tumor should be included in the differential diagnosis of bone lesions in which plain radiography showed a well circumscribed punch-out lesion without sclerotic rim especially those arising in the finger.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Settakorn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chalidapong
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rangdaeng
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Arpornchayanon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaiwun
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery