title: Painful heterotopic pacinian corpuscle in the hand: a report of three cases.
abstract: Severe pain in the finger caused by an abnormal Pacinian corpuscle is a rare condition. We have recently encountered three patients diagnosed with a heterotopic Pacinian corpuscle, based on histopathological findings. When making a differential diagnosis of unexplained severe pain in the finger, abnormal Pacinian corpuscles must be taken into account in addition to glomus tumour and other types of painful soft-tissue tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Neuro-Musculoskeletal Surgery, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan. hiroki-irie@fc.kuh.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: Teiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Toshitake
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yakushiji
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizuta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology*; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009463:Neuroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010141:Pacinian Corpuscles / Q000473:pathology*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D055815:Young Adult