Glomus tumor in the abdominal wall

ABSTRACT The glomus tumor is a rare benign soft tissue tumor. We report a case of a 45-year-old male patient who presented with a painful mass in the abdominal wall. The patient underwent total tumor resection and the anatomical pathology diagnosis was of glomus tumor. The glomus tumor presents diff...

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Autores: Bezzerra,Kelen Chistina A., Reis,Djulienne Marly K., Prichoa,Franciele Carla
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia (SBP)
Repositorio:Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:scielo:S1676-24442019000100114
Acceso en línea:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442019000100114
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Palabra clave:glomus tumor
abdominal wall
soft tissue tumors
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Sumario:ABSTRACT The glomus tumor is a rare benign soft tissue tumor. We report a case of a 45-year-old male patient who presented with a painful mass in the abdominal wall. The patient underwent total tumor resection and the anatomical pathology diagnosis was of glomus tumor. The glomus tumor presents differential diagnosis of carcinoid tumor, hemangiopericytoma and vascular leiomyoma.