title: Paravertebral glomangiomatosis. Case report.
abstract: Glomangiomatosis is benign but may manifest as diffusely, locally infiltrating lesions and recur after simple excision. However, conservative treatment should be advocated. The authors report a recent case in which the lesion occurred in the paravertebral area. The patient was a 39-year-old Chinese man who complained of chronic lumbago for 20 years. The clinicopathological features, in conjunction with the immunostaining pattern and ultrastructural features, confirmed the diagnosis. Glomangiomatosis is an extremely rare soft-tissue lesion. To the best of authors' knowledge, only 10 cases have been reported in the English-language literature worldwide, and the current case is the first to represent a lesion arising from the paravertebral area. The authors review the English-language literature in glomangiomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hongying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.forename: Xiangli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Huijiao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae