Malignant glomus tumour--a case report.
Glomus tumours are usually benign neoplasms of glomus bodies. Here we report a rare case of malignant glomus tumour of soft tissue. The tumour was 8 cm in size, infiltrating deep tissue, with nuclear atypia, high mitotic activity (6/HPF), atypical mitosis and showed recurrence, thus fulfilling all the criteria of malignancy.
Vasenwala
Shaista Manan
SM
Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
Iraqi
Aftab A
AA
Ahmad
Shamshad
S
Khan
Lubna
L
Zaheer
Sufian
S
Vasenwala
Reema Manan
RM
D000328:Adult; D004550:Elbow; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology