Multiple glomus tumor on the anteromedial side of leg
Multiple glomus tumor on the anteromedial side of leg作者机构:Department of Radiology Jing'an District Centre Hospital of Shanghai (Huashan Hospital Fudan University Jing'an Branch) 200040 China
出 版 物:《Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine》 (慢性疾病与转化医学(英文版))
年 卷 期:2015年第1卷第3期
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:MR images Multiple glomus tumor
摘 要:To the editor, Multiple glomus tumor is a rare benign neoplasmthat arises from the glomus body in the stratum retic-ularis of the dennis, the highly specialized arteriove-nous anastomosis for thennoregulation.1-4 Althoughseveral cases of multiple glomus tumor involving theanterior thigh,5 submandibular and parotid regions,6 thetorso,7 have been reported, radiological characteristicson MRI images for multiple glomus tumor have notbeen described.We reported here both pre-operativeand post-operative MR images from a case of 16years old girl with multiple glomus tumor that partiallycoalesced on the anterior side of the leg.