Glomangioma of the elbow.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-15-2021
Abstract
We present a patient with a painful, mobile nodule on the elbow. The nodule was skin-colored and had no punctum or discharge. It was excised and histopathology showed that the lesion was a glomangioma, or glomuvenous malformation. This is a neoplasm that arises from the glomus body, a thermoregulatory neurovascular structure. The glomus body is composed of glomus cells, vascular cells, and smooth muscle cells. Three subtypes of neoplasms may arise from the glomus body, depending on the extent to which they involve the three types of cells. They include glomus tumors, glomangiomas/glomuvenous malformations, and glomangiomyomas. This case was unusual in that it did not present with surface color change to indicate a vascular component.
Volume
27
Issue
6
ISSN
1087-2108
Published In/Presented At
Stumpf, N., Huang, S., Pritchett, E., & Lee, J. (2021). Glomangioma of the elbow. Dermatology online journal, 27(6), 10.5070/D327654064. https://doi.org/10.5070/D327654064
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
34387064
Department(s)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Document Type
Article