title: Glomus tumour of the stomach.
abstract: Glomus tumours are benign tumours typically arising from the glomus bodies and primarily found under the fingernails or toenails. These rare neoplasms account for <2% of all soft tissue tumours and are generally not found in the gastrointestinal tract. We report a case of a 40-year-old man presenting with recurrent epigastric pain and pyrosis. Endoscopy revealed a solitary tumour in the antrum of the stomach. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy was suspicious for a gastrointestinal stroma tumour. After CT indicated the resectability of the tumour, showing neither lymphatic nor distant metastases, a laparoscopic-assisted gastric wedge resection was performed. Surprisingly, histology revealed a glomus tumour of the stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Rebekka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Troller
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soll
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Breitenstein
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome