Glomus tumour of finger tip: a case report

Authors

  • Abhilash K Associate Professor of Medicine, Sree Gokulam Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram-695011, Kerala

Keywords:

Glomus tumour, MRI hand

Abstract

Glomus tumour is usually benign tumour usually accounts for a small percentage of hand tumours. Sometimes diagnosis may be delayed for years which cause significant morbidity to the patient. I present here a case of a 40 year old female with one year history of pain in her right ring finger which was diagnosed as glomus tumour and was surgically removed and was histopathological result was consistent with glomus tumour.

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Published

2017-01-27

How to Cite

K, A. (2017). Glomus tumour of finger tip: a case report. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 1(3), 283–284. Retrieved from https://www.msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/2607