title: [Early diagnosis and microsurgical treatment of hand glomus tumor in 30 female cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical features, early diagnosis and surgical treatment of the hand glomus tumor in the female.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty female patients with the hand glomus tumor underwent early resection by microsurgery. The average age was 35 years ranging from 18 to 48 years. The course of disease was from 3 months to 3 years. All patients' tumors occured on single finger.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 30 cases, there were 28 patients with localized eminences and hepatic plaques under the nail. The compression of distal phalanx could be seen on radiographs in 18 patients, definite and localised tenderness on nails could be found in all cases, the tenderness disappeared and no recurrence after 15 months of follow-up in all cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The hepatic plaque under the nail and fixed tenderness point on the nail are of significance in diagnosis for the hand glomus tumor in the female, the early microsurgical resection is unique effective treatment to this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery, China-Japan Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Qing-Lin
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ji-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hui-Bin
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery*; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*