title: Giant Glomus Tumor and Neuroma in the Fifth Ray A Case Report.
abstract: We present the case of a patient with a glomus tumor that was atypical because of its large size and histologic characteristics. It was located in the dorsal-distal zone of the fifth ray of the left foot and was associated with a neuroma under the fifth metatarsal head. Although the pain (of a neurologic type) was attributed to the neuroma, the unknown nature and evolution of the dorsal lesion (glomus tumor) made surgical treatment necessary. Surgery, together with compensating treatment of the functional alterations of the patient's feet (pronation of the subastragalar joint, supination of the forefoot, and fifth metatarsal overload syndrome), resolved the case.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valero
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gallart
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deus
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lahoz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008682:Metatarsal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009463:Neuroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*