Aggressive glomus tumor of the tongue: report of a case.
A glomus tumor or glomangioma is a benign neoplasm originating from the modified smooth muscle cells of the vascular glomus Glomangiomas of the head and/or neck are extremely rare, with an incidence of 0.6%. We present an observational case report of a recurrent glomic tumor originally located in the mobile tongue, with an aggressive clinical course that complicated the therapeutic options of the case.
Departamento de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Roger
R
Quesada
Javier
J
González-Lagunas
Guillermo
G
Raspall
D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*