Glomus tumour
Glomus tumours, AKA glomangioma, are painful.
It should not be confused with paraganglioma, which were once called glomus tumour.
Microscopic
Features:[1]
- Sheets of polygonal epithelioid cells with thin-walled blood vessels.
- No significant nuclear atypia.
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Other diagnoses...
Why it is not a(n) ...[1]
- Angiosarcoma - has nuclear atypia.
- Dermatofibroma - spindle cell lesion.
- Capillary hemangioma - no epithelioid cells, more blood vessels.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 URL: http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/opaq/PathQuiz/Z0B003-PQ01-M.htm. Accessed on: 19 October 2010.