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Solid glomus tumor presenting as an axillary mass: report of a case with morphologic study, including cytologic
1Department of Pathology, Hillerød Sygehus, Denmark.
Acta Cytologica
|May 1, 1996
Abstract
Background:
Glomus tumors are usually small, painful, subungual nodules causing no diagnostic difficulties. Less obvious is the characterization of the solid, deep-seated variant.
Case:
A 32-year-old female presented with a solid, painless tumor in the right axillary region. A fine needle aspirate was initially interpreted as ectopic breast tissue. Subsequent morphologic studies on the lumpectomy specimen revealed a solid glomus tumor.
Conclusion:
The cytologic appearance of glomus tumors is at most suggestive. Whenever the diagnosis is considered, appropriate immunohistochemical studies should be added to consolidate it.