Glomangioma of the ankle simulating injury to the flexor hallucis longus: A case report

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 768-770

  Miyano, John A ^a   Fitzgibbons, Timothy C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLEXOR TENDON; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030448604     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079601701210     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Carroll, R.E., and Berman, A.T.: Glomus tumors of the hand. J. Bone Joint Surg., 54A:691-702, 1972.
2. Hajdu, S.I.: Pathology of soft tissue tumors. Philadelphia. Lea & Febiger, 1979, p. 261.
3. Hall, R.M., and Odell, J.E.: An unusually large glomangioma simulating osteoarthritis of the hip. J. Am. Med. Assoc., 23:1562, 1970.
4. Harris, M.: Infrastructure of a glomus tumor. J. Clin. Pathol., 24:520-523, 1971.
5. Herfitz, N.M.: Surgical excision and discussion of rearfoot glomangioma. J. Am. Podiatr. Assoc., 67:427-428, 1977.
6. Kreel, L., Thornton, A., and Pardy, B.J.: Glomus tumor of the hallux: diagnosis by Doppler-shift ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography. Postgrad. Med. J., 62:647-651, 1986.
7. Machinami, R., and Afdachi, S.: Histochemical evidence of adenosine triphosphate activity in glomus tumor: report of a case. Path. Res. Pract., 179:1-6, 1984.
8. Neff, J.R.: Tumors of the foot In McCollister Evarts, C (ed.), Surgery of the Musculoskeletal System, 2nd Ed. New York, Churchill-Livingstone, 1990, pp. 4684-4688.
9. Venkatachalam, M.A., and Greally, J.G.: Fine structure of glomus tumor: similarity of glomus cells to smooth muscle. Cancer, 23:1176-1184, 1969.