Multiple glomus cell tumours--treatment by infra-red coagulation

This report describes the successful use of infra-red coagulation in the treatment of multiple glomus tumours. Glomus cell tumours are usually solitary and an excisional diagnostic biopsy therefore provides effective treatment. Such an approach is, however, impractical in the rarer condition of multiple glomus cell tumours where up to 400 lesions have been described in one patient. We describe a case of multiple glomus cell tumours in which more than 30 tumours were treated quickly and effectively by infra-red coagulation.