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Case Reports
. 2024 Nov-Dec;99(6):961-963.
doi: 10.1016/j.abd.2023.02.013. Epub 2024 Aug 31.

Diagnosis of glomus tumor and preoperative mapping with ultrasonography

Athos Paulo Santos Martini  1 , Ariel Córdova Rosa  2 , Marcelo Rigatti  2 , Gabriella Di Giunta Funchal  2 , Matheus Hariel Colin Torres  2 , Matheus Alves Pacheco  2
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Diagnosis of glomus tumor and preoperative mapping with ultrasonography

Athos Paulo Santos Martini et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2024 Nov-Dec.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Increased vascularization in the nail matrix ‒ longitudinal axis.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Hypoechoic vascular lesion in the nail matrix – transversal axis. (B) Lesion measuring 2.1 × 1.5 mm ‒ transversal axis.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Nail surgery. (A) Exposure of the nail matrix. (B) Resected tumor.
Figure 4
Figure 4
(A) Tumor nodule well demarcated by a fibrous pseudocapsule (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×40). (B) Proliferation of round cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm surrounded by amphophilic stroma surrounding branched vessel (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×100). (C) Proliferation of round cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×200). (D) Amphophilic stroma surrounding branched vessels (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×200).
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