Glomuvenous Malformations (Familial generalized multiple glomangiomas).
A 15-year-old boy with a diagnosis of generalized multiple glomangiomas was referred for evaluation and treatment of enlarging and increasingly painful lesions on his right ankle. The patient underwent a series of two treatments with long-pulsed KTP 1064 nm laser that resulted in substantial improvement in appearance and decreased pain. Generalized glomuvenous malformations, or multiple glomangiomas, are the less common presentation of proliferation of glomus cells and may have extracutaneous involvement. Whereas surgical management is often employed and definitive for solitary lesions, interventions such as laser therapy, may be beneficial for improvement of functional impairment and cosmesis as was observed in our patient.
Department of Dermatology, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Jeremy A
JA
Brauer
Robert
R
Anolik
Julia
J
Tzu
Shane
S
Meehan
Colette D
CD
Lieber
Roy G
RG
Geronemus
D000293:Adolescent; D000842:Ankle; D001706:Biopsy; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020772:Internal Capsule / Q000473:pathology; D054025:Lasers, Dye; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000235:genetics*; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000235:genetics*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis