"Glomus Tumor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A blue-red, extremely painful vascular neoplasm involving a glomeriform arteriovenous anastomosis (glomus body), which may be found anywhere in the skin, most often in the distal portion of the fingers and toes, especially beneath the nail. It is composed of specialized pericytes (sometimes termed glomus cells), usually in single encapsulated nodular masses which may be several millimeters in diameter (From Stedman, 27th ed). CHEMODECTOMA, a tumor of NEURAL CREST origin, is also sometimes called a glomus tumor.
| Descriptor ID |
D005918
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.645.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Glomus Tumor- Glomus Tumor
- Glomus Tumors
- Tumor, Glomus
- Tumors, Glomus
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glomus Tumor" by people in Profiles.
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Yamamoto M, Natsume T, Kurimoto S, Iwatsuki K, Nishizuka T, Nolte MT, Hirata H. Patients with benign hand tumors are indicated for surgery according to patient-rated outcome measures. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2017 Apr; 70(4):487-494.
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Gholve PA, Hosalkar HS, Finstein JL, Lackman RD, Fox EJ. Popliteal mass with knee pain in a 57-year-old woman. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Apr; 457:253-9.
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Shields JA, Eagle RC, Shields CL, Marr BP. Orbital-conjunctival glomangiomas involving two ocular rectus muscles. Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 Sep; 142(3):511-3.
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Tuluc M, Horn A, Inniss S, Thomas R, Zhang PJ, Khurana JS. Case report: glomus tumor of the colon. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2005; 35(1):97-9.
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Miettinen M, Paal E, Lasota J, Sobin LH. Gastrointestinal glomus tumors: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 32 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2002 Mar; 26(3):301-11.