title: Sonographic diagnosis of a glomus tumor of the thigh.
abstract: Extradigital glomus tumors are a very rare entity. Here, we report a rare case of a glomus tumor in an atypical anatomic site: the thigh. The clinical features together with the results of MRI, and sonography and Doppler sonographic imaging helped to distinguish glomus tumor of the thigh from other soft tissue neoplasms. The tumor arising from the thigh was excised, and following surgery, the patient was symptom free without evidence of complications or recurrence. There have only been a few previously reported cases describing the use of Doppler sonography in the evaluation of extradigital glomus tumors. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 45:50-52, 2017.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Tzu-Shiuan
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Beitou District, Taipei 112, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Hung-Ta
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Rai-Chi
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Jia-Chi
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013848:Thigh; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler
keywords: glomus tumor; musculoskeletal system; thigh; ultrasound