title: Subungual glomus tumours: a technical tip towards diagnosis on plain radiographs.
abstract: Plain radiography can help in confirming the clinical diagnosis of a subungual glomus tumour, as erosive changes in the distal phalanx are present in 22% of cases. Such changes will be more easily identified on a lateral radiograph with the painful finger and its contralateral counterpart pointing toward each other: discrete scalloping of the distal phalanx will thus be made more evident.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Pellenberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lore
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vandenberghe
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
mesh_terms: D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography