title: Gastric glomus tumor: a hypervascular submucosal tumor on power Doppler endosonography.
abstract: Gastric glomus tumors are rare submucosal lesions that typically occur in the fourth endosonographic layer. We describe a 69-year-old patient who presented with intermittent epigastric pain and in whom a submucosal tumor was encountered during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Endosonography revealed a heterogeneous, hypoechoic fourth-layer tumor. Power Doppler imaging revealed prominent intratumoral vascular signals demonstrating its hypervascular nature. A diagnosis of glomus tumor was made via histopathologic evaluation of the resected tumor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital, No. 542, Sec. 1,Chung-Shang Road, Changhua 500, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Sheng-Lei
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Yung-Hsiang
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Chien-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chi-Chieh
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chien-Long
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Hurng-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler