Subungual glomus tumor

Authors

  • Yousif Salem Department of General Surgery, King Hamad University Hospital, Busaiteen, Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Jawaher Al Khalifa Department of General Surgery, King Hamad University Hospital, Busaiteen, Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Ashraf El Shayeb Department of General Surgery, King Hamad University Hospital, Busaiteen, Kingdom of Bahrain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20192391

Keywords:

Glomus tumor, Nail bed, Plastic, Subungual

Abstract

We are presenting a twenty-year-old female, who presented with distal left little finger pain for more than a year. Pain is very localized to the nail root, and increases in severity in cold weather or exposed to cold water. The patient was diagnosed based on history and physical examination to have a glomus tumor and surgical excision was done after that and histopathological examination confirmed the clinical diagnosis. The aim of this case is to present a rare disease and to show the pronounced treatment of such a case.

Author Biographies

Yousif Salem, Department of General Surgery, King Hamad University Hospital, Busaiteen, Kingdom of Bahrain

General Surgery

Registrar

Jawaher Al Khalifa, Department of General Surgery, King Hamad University Hospital, Busaiteen, Kingdom of Bahrain

General Surgery 

Senior House Officer

Ashraf El Shayeb, Department of General Surgery, King Hamad University Hospital, Busaiteen, Kingdom of Bahrain

General Surgery

Consultant plastic surgeon

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Published

2019-05-28

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Case Reports