Subungual glomus tumours: a technical tip towards diagnosis on plain radiographs.
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.
Vandenberghe
Lore
L
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Pellenberg, Leuven, Belgium.
De Smet
Luc
L
D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography