title: Glomus tumor of the stomach: a case treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection.
abstract: Glomus tumors, as a type of quite rare neoplasms, originate from modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus body whose function is to regulate blood flow within arteries according to the body temperature. Although these tumors most commonly occur in the peripheral soft tissues, especially in the distal parts of extremities, there have been rare reports of visceral involvement (Lorber et al., 2005) [1]. We report a case of gastric glomus tumor, which was preoperatively diagnosed by ultrasonic endoscopy as a gastric stromal tumor and treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital affiliated Jiangsu University, Jiangsu 212001, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiao-Meng
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ya-Long
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: You-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mei-Dong
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Li-Qing
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*