Glomus tumor of forearm- A rare presentation

Srinivas Kasha, Nithin Krishna VP, Gopinath Bandari, Shailaja M

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 Srinivas Kasha¹, Nithin Krishna VP², Gopinath Bandari^1,*, Shailaja M³

¹Department of Orthopaedics, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

²Registrar, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

³Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secunderabad, Telangana, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. Gopinath Bandari, Department of Orthopaedics, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

Received 12 October 2015; Revised 2 December 2015; Accepted 19 December 2015; Published 26 December 2015

Citation: Kasha S, Krishna VPN, Bandari G, Shailaja M. Glomus tumor of forearm- A rare presentation. J Med Sci Res. 2016; 4(1):28-30. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2016/4-009

Copyright: © 2016 Kasha S, et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Glomus tumor is a rare benign tumor commonly involving fingers and toes. While it has also been reported to have occurred elsewhere, there are only a handful reported cases. Diagnosis may be uncertain due to non-specific symptoms, inability to detect on physical examination or routine investigations and radiographs. This case report highlights the importance of awareness of this rare tumor and its presentation in rare locations.

Keywords: glomustumor; benign tumor;