title: Surgical extirpation of glomus tumor from rare localization on the upper extremity.
abstract: Objective. To report on a very rare case of a glomus tumor manifested on the upper arm in a healthy young male patient. Case Presentation and Intervention. A 22-year-old male patient presented with bluish multifocal venous malformation on the left upper arm and was admitted for venous malformation excision. Pain, discomfort, and upper arm paraesthesia had been present for almost 6 years. Ultrasonography revealed septet tumor without blood flow in the subcutaneous region of anterior aspect of the upper arm. A multifocal venous malformation approximately 5-10 mm in diameter was excised. Histological examination showed dilated vascular area with proliferated glomus cells with round nucleus in the wall of dilated vascular structures. Based on histological examination, the final diagnosis was made as "glomangioma." Conclusion. Histological examination is the only method that can establish final diagnosis. Currently, the only available treatment for this type of tumor is surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General Teaching Hospital, Prague and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, U Nnemocnice 2, 128 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hrubý
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Novotný
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spaček
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mitáš
authors.forename: Jaroslav
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authors.lastname: Hlubocký
authors.forename: David
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authors.lastname: Janák
authors.forename: Ctibor
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authors.lastname: Povýšil
authors.forename: Jaroslav
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authors.lastname: Lindner