title: Glomus tumor of digital nerve: case report.
abstract: Glomus tumors consist of modified perivascular, smooth muscle involved in thermoregulatory activity of digital blood flow. Digits, especially in the subungual region, are often affected. These tumors only rarely arise in peripheral nerves; digital nerve involvement is exceptional. We describe a glomus tumor occurring in the digital nerve at the level of the distal phalanx.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Spinner
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mafra
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mouzinho
authors.forename: Bernd W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Scheithauer
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*