Case report of malignant pulmonary parenchymal glomus tumor: imaging features and review of the literature.
Glomus tumor is rare tumor which arises from glomus body and is most frequently found in the soft tissue of the extremities. The lung is a rare ectopic site, and a malignant glomus tumor arising from pulmonary parenchyma is particularly uncommon. To deepen our understanding on their imaging features, we report a case of malignant glomus tumor of pulmonary parenchyma confirmed with surgical histopathology and immunochemistry and review the medical literature on pulmonary parenchymal glomus tumors with emphasis on their imaging features.
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: janecunningham0708@gmail.com.
Jane D
JD
Cunningham
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: plodkowa@mskcc.org.
Andrew J
AJ
Plodkowski
Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: girid@mskcc.org.
Dilip D
DD
Giri
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: hwangs1@mskcc.org.
Sinchun
S
Hwang
D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media; C047515:2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate
CT; Glomus tumor; Imaging; Malignant; Pulmonary