Monstrous glomus tumor of nail bed clinical and dermoscopic appearance: case report

Monstrous glomus tumor of nail bed clinical and dermoscopic appearance: case report

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The glomus tumor is a benign tumor with a low incidence compared to other degenerative tumors.They are to the detriment of the glomic body, a thermoregulatory device for cutaneous microvascularization.The diagnosis is often late, scented for years, which leads elbeco adu ripstop pants to significant morbidity in patients.

We report the case of a 53-year-old woman with one year of pain in her right middle finger, who was diagnosed as a glomus tumor, with clinical and dermoscopic description, and who was surgically removed with the completion of a dermoscopy of the piece of excision and of the histopathological result compatible with a glomus tumor.The patient was relieved of functional signs immediately after surgery and the evolution noted no deformation of the affected nail without recurrence of craggy range sauvignon blanc 2022 symptoms with a follow-up of 3 years.Glomus tumors of the hand are a rare entity and the dermoscopic description of the tumor is poorly reported.