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. 2024 Nov 12;108(1):104.
doi: 10.5334/jbsr.3755. eCollection 2024.

Extradigital Glomus Tumor at the Elbow

Lucas Van Houtven  1 , Dieter Peeters  2 , Filip M Vanhoenacker  3
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Extradigital Glomus Tumor at the Elbow

Lucas Van Houtven et al. J Belg Soc Radiol. .

Abstract

Teaching point: Extradigital glomus tumor should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a highly vascular solid lesion that is painful on palpation.

Keywords: MRI; color doppler; extradigital glomus tumor; ultrasound.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

Figures

Conventional radiography of the left elbow reveals a nodular soft tissue opacity proximal to the medial epicondyle (arrow)
Figure 1.
Conventional radiography of the left elbow reveals a nodular soft tissue opacity proximal to the medial epicondyle (arrow).
After intravenous administration of gadolinium contrast, there is vivid, homogeneous enhancement of the lesion (arrow), in keeping with a vascular tumor
Figure 2 A‑C.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging shows an oval‑shaped, well‑defined nodule in the subcutaneous tissue. A. The lesion appears isointense to muscle on T1‑weighted images (arrow) and B. is hyperintense on fatsuppressed T2‑weighted images (arrow). C. After intravenous administration of gadolinium contrast, there is vivid, homogeneous enhancement of the lesion (arrow), in keeping with a vascular tumor.
Ultrasound shows a subcutaneous hypoechoic nodule
Figure 3 A.
Ultrasound shows a subcutaneous hypoechoic nodule.
There is retro‑acoustic enhancement and high vascularization on color Doppler
Figure 3 B.
There is retro‑acoustic enhancement and high vascularization on color Doppler.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging shows an oval‑shaped, well‑defined nodule in the subcutaneous tissue. A. The lesion appears isointense to muscle on T1‑weighted images (arrow)
Is hyperintense on fatsuppressed T2‑weighted images (arrow)
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