title: Treatment of subungual glomus tumor.
abstract: We report four cases of chronic obscure pain in the finger tips. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI) findings helped diagnose the existence of a mass at the subungual area and all patients were treated with excision and biopsy. The pathological diagnosis was glomus tumor. HR-MRI is useful in the diagnosis of patients with subungual glomus tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan. hfujioka@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kokubu
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akisue
authors.forename: Issei
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nagura
authors.forename: Narikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toyokawa
authors.forename: Atsuyuki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurosaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome