title: Orbital glomus tumor in an Asian patient.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This report describes a recurrent orbital glomus tumor in an Asian patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  A healthy 50-year-old Korean man had progressive right exophthalmos and a soft mass on his right lower lid for 6 months. We evaluated the mass using CT and MRI, and performed excisional biopsy and pathologic examination. Pathologically, the mass was a glomus tumor. Although proptosis of the right eye decreased, one month after surgery it increased to almost the same level as before surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first report of an Asian patient with an orbital glomus tumor that demonstrated rapid re-growth after incision without pain or visual problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Minwook
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Youngseok
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sehyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Tae Soo
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed