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Periosteal glomus tumor of the femur: a case report
F González-Llanos1, F López-Barea, A Isla
1Service of Neurosurgery, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Osseous abnormalities produced by glomus tumors located in soft tissues of the periungual region have been described. More rare is the location of a glomus tumor within bone, which usually is located in the phalanx of the fingers. However, to the authors' knowledge, there is no previous description of a glomus tumor located in a periosteal location of a long bone. A 50-year-old man with a glomus tumor in a periosteal location of the lower metaphysis of the femur without neoplastic erosion of the cortical surface is reported. Magnetic resonance imaging and intraoperative ultrasonography were needed to locate the lesion.
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