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==Overview==
==Overview==
The predominant therapy for solitary glomus tumor is surgical resection. Patients with multiple glomus tumors are treated with sclerotherapy or laser therapy.
The predominant therapy for [[solitary]] glomus [[tumor]] is [[surgical resection]]. Patients with multiple glomus tumors are treated with [[sclerotherapy]] or [[laser therapy]].


==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==
*The predominant therapy for solitary glomus tumor is surgical resection.<ref name="pmid24470715">{{cite journal| author=Grover C, Khurana A, Jain R, Rathi V| title=Transungual surgical excision of subungual glomus tumour. | journal=J Cutan Aesthet Surg | year= 2013 | volume= 6 | issue= 4 | pages= 196-203 | pmid=24470715 | doi=10.4103/0974-2077.123401 | pmc=PMC3884883 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24470715  }} </ref>
*The predominant therapy for [[solitary]] glomus [[tumor]] is [[surgical resection]].<ref name="pmid24470715">{{cite journal| author=Grover C, Khurana A, Jain R, Rathi V| title=Transungual surgical excision of subungual glomus tumour. | journal=J Cutan Aesthet Surg | year= 2013 | volume= 6 | issue= 4 | pages= 196-203 | pmid=24470715 | doi=10.4103/0974-2077.123401 | pmc=PMC3884883 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24470715  }} </ref>
*Multiple glomus tumors are numerous and poorly circumscribed, which makes surgical excision difficult.  
*Multiple glomus [[tumors]] are numerous and poorly circumscribed, which makes surgical excision difficult.
*Multiple glomus tumors are treated with sclerotherapy or laser therapy:<ref name="pmid3018056">{{cite journal| author=Barnes L, Estes SA| title=Laser treatment of hereditary multiple glomus tumors. | journal=J Dermatol Surg Oncol | year= 1986 | volume= 12 | issue= 9 | pages= 912-5 | pmid=3018056 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3018056  }} </ref><ref name="pmid1645758">{{cite journal| author=Gould EP| title=Sclerotherapy for multiple glomangiomata. | journal=J Dermatol Surg Oncol | year= 1991 | volume= 17 | issue= 4 | pages= 351-2 | pmid=1645758 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1645758  }} </ref><ref name="pmid8176048">{{cite journal| author=Siegle RJ, Spencer DM, Davis LS| title=Hypertonic saline destruction of multiple glomus tumors. | journal=J Dermatol Surg Oncol | year= 1994 | volume= 20 | issue= 5 | pages= 347-8 | pmid=8176048 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8176048  }}</ref>
*Multiple glomus tumors are treated with [[sclerotherapy]] or [[laser therapy]]:<ref name="pmid1645758">{{cite journal| author=Gould EP| title=Sclerotherapy for multiple glomangiomata. | journal=J Dermatol Surg Oncol | year= 1991 | volume= 17 | issue= 4 | pages= 351-2 | pmid=1645758 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1645758  }} </ref><ref name="pmid8176048">{{cite journal| author=Siegle RJ, Spencer DM, Davis LS| title=Hypertonic saline destruction of multiple glomus tumors. | journal=J Dermatol Surg Oncol | year= 1994 | volume= 20 | issue= 5 | pages= 347-8 | pmid=8176048 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8176048  }}</ref>
**Sclerotherapy includes using hypertonic saline or sodium tetradecyl sulfate.
**[[Sclerotherapy]] includes using [[hypertonic]] [[saline]] or [[sodium tetradecyl sulfate]].
**Laser therapy uses gases such as carbon dioxide or argon.
***23.4% NaCl can be injected intraluminally in 4 sessions over a 6-month period
***Can be used obliterate the majority of these [[tumors]]
**[[Laser therapy]] uses gases such as [[Carbon dioxide laser|carbon dioxide]] or [[argon]].


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]

Overview

The predominant therapy for solitary glomus tumor is surgical resection. Patients with multiple glomus tumors are treated with sclerotherapy or laser therapy.

Medical Therapy

References

  1. Grover C, Khurana A, Jain R, Rathi V (2013). "Transungual surgical excision of subungual glomus tumour". J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 6 (4): 196–203. doi:10.4103/0974-2077.123401. PMC 3884883. PMID 24470715.
  2. Gould EP (1991). "Sclerotherapy for multiple glomangiomata". J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 17 (4): 351–2. PMID 1645758.
  3. Siegle RJ, Spencer DM, Davis LS (1994). "Hypertonic saline destruction of multiple glomus tumors". J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 20 (5): 347–8. PMID 8176048.