A rare case of glomangioma around the knee

 

Khairul Azmi ABD KADIR 1 and Chandran PRAKASH 2

1 Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital, Brunei Darussalam, and 2 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

 

ABSTRACT

Glomus tumours are benign lesions that commonly occur in the nail bed of fingers. Extradigital glomus tumours are extremely rare and often misdiagnosed. The present study reports a 41-years-old man with a 16-year history of severe right knee pain with hypersensitivity to light touch and temperature. Physical examination showed a very tender, firm mass, 1 X 1cm in size located on the lateral aspect of his right knee. Magnetic resonance imaging was suggestive of a neuroma but on histological examination upon complete excision revealed a diagnosis of glomangioma.

 

Keywords: Glomus tumour, knee joint, extradigital

 

Correspondence author: Khairul Azmi Abd Kadir, Bandar Seri Begawan, BA 1710, Brunei Darussalam. Tel: +673 2242424 Ext 5615. E mail: khairulazmiabdkadir@gmail.com

 

Brunei Int Med J. 2015; 11 (6): 315-318

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