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GLOMUS TUMOURS
Author(s) -
Jepson R. P.,
Harris J. D.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb50110.x
Subject(s) - glomus tumor , nail (fastener) , medicine , tenderness , glomus , surgery , surgical excision , pathology , materials science , inoculation , metallurgy
Eighteen cases of glomus (glomangioma) tumours are described. The exquisite tenderness of the tumours and the thermally induced pain are stressed, as well as the association with nail beds, joints and veins. Treatment by excision is curative, though the pain may take several weeks to disappear completely.