title: Extradigital Glomus Tumor Revisited: Painful Subcutaneous Nodules Located in Various Parts of the Body.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Glomus tumor is a common lesion of the subungual area of the hand fingers. However, glomus tumors located outside the hand region are rare and the diagnosis is often difficult due to their low incidence and lack of distinct clinical features in the physical examination. The presented article contains five cases of extradigital glomus tumors with a short review of the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five cases of extradigital glomus tumor were included in the study. All lesions were purple colored subcutaneous nodules with sharp pain by digital palpation. All lesions were examined with ultrasound imaging were operated under local anesthesia using loupe magnification.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among five patients, only one patient was female with a mean age of 35. Two lesions were located at the arm region, two at the crural region and one at the sternal area. The smallest nodule was 0.5 cm and the biggest lesion was 2 cm in diameter. In all the cases, the early postoperative period was uneventful without any surgical complication or acute recurrence. The postoperative 1(st) year examination of all patients revealed complete resolution of the pain and no recurrence was encountered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Glomus tumor should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of all painful subcutaneous lesions especially for those with purple reflection on the skin surface. In this manner, patients with extradigital glomus tumors may be diagnosed earlier and unnecessary and wrong treatments may be prevented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Temiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Şirinoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demirel
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nebil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yeşiloğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarıcı
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gaye Taylan
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Filinte
keywords: Extradigital glomus tumor; glomus tumor; painful nodule; purple skin reflection; subcutaneous nodule