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Multiple glomus cell tumours—treatment by infra‐red coagulation
Author(s) -
LEVER L.R.,
HOLT P.J.A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1992.tb02530.x
Subject(s) - glomus , glomus cell , medicine , glomus tumor , biopsy , coagulation , pathology , surgery , carotid body , carotid arteries , inoculation
Summary This report describes the successful use of infra‐red coagulation in the treatment of multiple glomus tumours. Glomus cell tumours are usually solitary and an excisional diagnostic biopsy therefore provides effective treatment. Such an approach is, however, impractical in the rarer condition of multiple glomus cell tumours where up to 400 lesions have been described in one patient. 1 We describe a case of multiple glomus cell tumours in which more than 30 tumours were treated quickly and effectively by infra‐red coagulation.