Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir 2017; 49(05): 321-325
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-115115
Fallbericht
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Multiple glomus tumours in multidigit nail bed

Multiple Glomustumoren in den Nagelbetten mehrerer Finger
Jun-Ku Lee
1   Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Korea
,
Tae-sup Kim
2   Bundang CHA Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Korea
,
Dong-won Kim
2   Bundang CHA Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Korea
,
Soo-Hong Han
2   Bundang CHA Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Korea
› Author Affiliations
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Publication History

03/08/2017

06/28/2017

Publication Date:
17 October 2017 (online)

Abstract

Glomus tumours are lesions of the glomus body. A solitary glomus tumour is a more common, characteristically painful lesion, frequently located under the nail, whereas multiple glomus tumours are a rare clinical and genetic entity. Multiple glomus tumours are rarely subungual and do not show preference for any particular region of the body. We report a rare case of painful multidigit subungual glomus tumours in both hands.

A 34-year-old male patient complained of painful fingertips (right: thumb, index finger, long finger, and ring finger; left: thumb, long finger, ring finger, small finger) on both hands for more than 5 years. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected multiple subungual glomus tumours in the fingertips (right long finger, ring finger, and left thumb, long, ring, and small finger) of both his hands, so the authors conducted tumour resection and sent biopsies for relevant fingers. We found the glomus tumour underneath the nail bed and achieved final diagnosis with histological confirmation. No remnant or newly developed lesion was detected at the 1 year outpatient clinic.

Our case differed from the usual multiple glomus tumours because its characteristics were similar to those of a solitary glomus tumour, including the classic symptom triad: severe pain, localised pain, and cold hypersensitivity. In case report, we suggest the possibility that multidigit subungual glomus tumour is different from the common single subungual glomus tumour.

Zusammenfassung

Glomustumoren gehen vom Glomusorgan aus. Solitäre Glomustumoren kommen häufig vor, sind schmerzhaft und häufig unter dem Fingernagel lokalisiert, wohingegen multiple Glomustumoren eine seltene klinische und genetische Entität darstellen. Multiple Glomustumoren liegen selten subungual. Sie bevorzugen keine Körperregion. Wir berichten über den seltenen Fall schmerzhafter multipler Glomustumoren an beiden Händen. Ein 34jähriger Mann beklagte Schmerzen an den Fingerbeeren des rechten Daumens, Zeige-, Mittel- und Ringfingers sowie des linken Daumens, Mittel-, Ring- und Kleinfingers seit mehr als 5 Jahren. Nachdem eine Kernspinuntersuchung multiple, subungual gelegene Glomustumoren am rechten Mittel- und Ringfinger sowie am linken Daumen, Mittel-, Ring- und Kleinfinger zeigte, wurden die Tumoren entfernt. Histologisch wurde die Diagnose „multiple Glomustumoren“ bestätigt. Bei der Nachuntersuchung nach einem Jahr ergab sich kein Hinweis auf ein Rezidiv.

Unser Fall unterscheidet sich von anderen Fällen mit multiplen Glomustumoren, da er die Charakteristika solitärer Glomustumoren aufwies: starke, klar lokalisierte Schmerzen, Kälteempfindlichkeit.

 
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