Glomus tumor imaging: use of MRI for localization of occult lesions. J Hand Surg Am 1992 May;17(3):472-5
Date
05/01/1992Pubmed ID
1319436DOI
10.1016/0363-5023(92)90353-qScopus ID
2-s2.0-0026753603 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 79 CitationsAbstract
Magnetic resonance imaging has been performed in six patients with glomus tumors of the hand and correlated with clinical surgical histopathologic findings and with angiography in one case. Two of the patients had obscure pain without the classic clinical and radiologic findings of glomus tumors. The MRI examinations depicted the tumors in excellent detail and facilitated diagnosis in the two patients with atypical presentation. In all six cases the diagnoses were confirmed at surgery. The MRI proved valuable as a noninvasive and accurate means for the early diagnosis of occult glomus tumors.
Author List
Matloub HS, Muoneke VN, Prevel CD, Sanger JR, Yousif NJAuthors
Hani S. Matloub MD Professor in the Plastic Surgery department at Medical College of WisconsinJames R. Sanger MD Professor in the Plastic Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAged
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fingers
Glomus Tumor
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Soft Tissue Neoplasms