title: On glomus tumors, warts, and razors.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Occam's razor encourages ascribing a set of clinical findings to a single diagnosis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To present a patient with a subungual wart and a glomus tumor of the same nail unit and to review the literature regarding these conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a 58-year-old female with a 2-year history of nail dystrophy and related symptoms that were initially attributed to verruca but recalcitrant to extensive therapies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ultimately the persistence of her symptoms was found to be secondary to a subungual glomus tumor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians must maintain a high index of suspicion for the presence of multiple diagnoses to prevent the delay of appropriate management, particularly when symptoms do not respond to initial treatment.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Garman
authors.forename: Ida F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Orengo
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Netscher
authors.forename: Mary R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rosen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014860:Warts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy