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==Differential diagnosis==
==Differential diagnosis==
The presence of pain in most cases means the differential diagnosis must include other painful tumors that can occur in the digits:
The presence of pain in most cases means the differential diagnosis must include other painful tumors that can occur in the digits:<ref name="pmid7985967">{{cite journal| author=Rohrich RJ, Hochstein LM, Millwee RH| title=Subungual glomus tumors: an algorithmic approach. | journal=Ann Plast Surg | year= 1994 | volume= 33 | issue= 3 | pages= 300-4 | pmid=7985967 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7985967  }}</ref>
* Neuroma
* Neuroma
* Eccrine spiradenoma
* Eccrine spiradenoma

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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

Solitary glomus tumors must be differentiated from leiomyoma and eccrine spiradenoma.[1] Multiple glomus tumors must be differentiated from other diseases such as cavernous hemangioma and blue rubber-bleb nevus syndrome.[1][2]

Differential diagnosis

The presence of pain in most cases means the differential diagnosis must include other painful tumors that can occur in the digits:[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lee W, Kwon SB, Cho SH, Eo SR, Kwon C (2015). "Glomus tumor of the hand". Arch Plast Surg. 42 (3): 295–301. doi:10.5999/aps.2015.42.3.295. PMC 4439588. PMID 26015884.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chatterjee JS, Youssef AH, Brown RM, Nishikawa H (2005). "Congenital nodular multiple glomangioma: a case report". J Clin Pathol. 58 (1): 102–3. doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.014324. PMC 1770555. PMID 15623496.
  3. Rohrich RJ, Hochstein LM, Millwee RH (1994). "Subungual glomus tumors: an algorithmic approach". Ann Plast Surg. 33 (3): 300–4. PMID 7985967.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Glomus tumor. Libre pathology. http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Glomus_tumour Accessed on February 1, 2016.
  5. Gombos, Z (2008), Glomus Tumor, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, retrieved February 1, 2016 Unknown parameter |publication place= ignored (help)