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Unusual motion detected on real‐time sonography inside a glomus tumor in the thigh
Author(s) -
Werner Jeff D.,
Wright Chadwick L.,
Iwenofu O. Hans,
Patil Sumukh B.,
Yuh William T.C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.21961
Subject(s) - medicine , glomus tumor , power doppler , thigh , color doppler , doppler sonography , ultrasound , radiology , etiology , duplex ultrasonography , ultrasonography , anatomy , pathology
Glomus tumors are rare and many have been reported to have a hypervascular appearance on color or power Doppler sonography. We report a pathologically proven case of superficial glomus tumor within the thigh with no detectable color flow signals on color or power Doppler sonography. In addition, real‐time sonography showed spontaneous motions within the tumor, which were not synchronized with vascular or respiratory motions, and misled the presurgical diagnosis of a suspected parasite in a patient who had direct contact with multiple animal species. The etiology of this internal motion remains hypothetical but, if reconfirmed, this finding may be a useful adjunctive sign for the diagnosis of glomus tumors. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2013