title: Glomus tumor of the back: a rare location.
abstract: A 44-year-old man presented with a 5-year history of localized pain on his back, and a 1.5-cm round, touch-induced painful mass was palpated. A subsequent diagnostic evaluation revealed the presence of a glomus tumor. Glomus tumors are rare, benign, small vascular tumors, which originate from glomus bodies present in the reticular dermis. Glomus tumors constitute less than 2.0% of all primary soft tissue tumors, approximately 80% of the lesions are located in the upper extremity, and more than 75% are subungually located. However, many locations have been reported in the literature. Nevertheless, to the best of our knowledge, this glomus tumor that occurred on the back is very rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon 443-721, Korea.
authors.forename: Il Jae
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young Moon
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Hyoseob
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Myong Chul
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001415:Back / Q000473:pathology*; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery