title: Glomus tumours: Outcome based on tumour location in hand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the clinical outcome of patients with glomus tumour in nail matrix and nail bed that were excised with transungual approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case series was conducted at the Allied and District Headquarter Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan,from January 2012 to June 2014, and comprised patients with glomus tumour at finger tipswhose diagnosis was confirmed with biopsy results. Variables noted were the location of the tumour in the nail i.e. either nail matrix or the nail bed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 8 patients in the study, 5(62.5%) had tumours located in the nail matrix and 3(37.5%) in the nail bed. Three (60%) patients with nail matrix tumour had prolonged pain sensation, whereas none (with nail bed lesion had prolonged pain sensation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no recurrence but anatomic location of the subungual glomus tumour at initial presentation can predict postoperative prolonged pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Allied Hospital, Punjab Medical College Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Rana Dawood
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ahmad Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Allied Hospital, Punjab Medical College Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zain-Ur-Rehman
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Allied Hospital, Punjab Medical College Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Usama Bin
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Saaed
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, DHQ Hospital Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Tariq Mehmood
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.affiliation: Graduate Student, Clinical Research Department of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Muhammad Qasim
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Allied Hospital, Punjab Medical College Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ajmal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yasin
keywords: Glomus tumour, Glomusbody, Nail bed, Nail matrix, Transangual approach.