Multiple glomus tumors: a role for magnetic resonance imaging in patient evaluation? uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Glomus tumors may occur as solitary lesions, or rarely as multiple glomus tumors (MGT). Internal organ involvement in patients with MGT has been reported, but is rare. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been reported to be useful in evaluating patients with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome for nongastrointestinal internal organ involvement. Three patients with MGT were evaluated by MRI for both cutaneous and internal involvement. MRI, which is useful in evaluating other vascular lesions, is not useful in the evaluation of patients with multiple glomus tumors. With these results, patients with MGT can be spared the expense of MRI procedure.

publication date

  • July 1, 1989

Research

keywords

  • Glomus Tumor
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
  • Skin Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0024343421

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1989.tb03620.x

PubMed ID

  • 2545757

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 15

issue

  • 7