title: Acquired Solitary Glomangiomyoma on the Forearm: A Rare Case Report.
abstract: Glomus tumours are benign lesions which are frequently seen on hand (particularly subungual region). In this report a 52-year-old male patient with glomangiomyoma on the left forearm has been presented. With a preliminary diagnosis of haemangioma, a subcutaneous well-circumscribed nodular lesion of the patient was excised. On histomorphological examination glomus cells, vascular structures and spindle-shaped smooth muscle cells were seen around it. Immunohistochemistry of smooth muscle cells and glomus cells showed positivity for smooth muscle actin. By means of these findings, the patient was diagnosed with glomangiomyoma. Glomus tumours are rare in the forearm (In the literatüre there are two cases). Moreover, glomangiomyomas are the least common histomorphological type of glomus tumour and are generally seen in the lower extremity. In the literature, a few cases of glomangioma and solitary glomus tumour has been described on the forearm histologically and only a few glomangiomyoma cases on forearm location. We have presented the glomangiomyoma on the forearm as a rarely-seen case. Early diagnosis of the glomangiomyoma on the forearm is of importance for the prevention of morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Medicine Faculty, Dumlupinar University , Kutahya / Turkey .
authors.forename: Ayse Nur
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Deger
authors.affiliation: Faculty, Department of Neurosurgery, Kutahya Evliya Celebi Training and Research Hospital , Kutahya / Turkey .
authors.forename: Hakki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deger
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Medicine Faculty, Erzincan University , Erzincan / Turkey .
authors.forename: Mahir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tayfur
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Medicine Faculty, Erzincan University , Erzincan / Turkey .
authors.forename: Mecdi Gurhan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Balcioglu
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dumlupinar University , Kutahya / Turkey .
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kadioglu
keywords: Glomus body; Glomus tumour; Upper extremity; Vascular lesion