Abstract
Glomus tumors are hamartomas, which tend to occur in sites rich in glomus bodies, such as the subungual regions of digits or the deep dermis of the palm, wrist, forearm, and foot. Very rarely, they may involve peripheral nerves. We describe a patient, who, following surgical resection of a solitary glomus tumor of the left distal sciatic nerve in his teens, had recurrence with development of multiple tumors in the course of the nerve over several years. To our knowledge, this is the only known case of glomangiomatosis involving a major peripheral nerve.
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We are grateful to Jeanne M. Meis, MD, Department of Pathology, UT, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, for her valuable assistance in the preparation of this manuscript.
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Kumar, R., Vu, L., Madewell, J.E. et al. Glomangiomatosis of the sciatic nerve: a case report and review of the literature. Skeletal Radiol 46, 807–815 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-017-2594-9
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