Journals / Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica / 2010 / Cilt: 44 - Sayı: 3

A glomus tumor anterior to the patellar tendon: A case report

Patellar tendon önünde glomus tümörü: Olgu sunumu

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250–253
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Postoperatively, the patient had no complaint of pain and no recurrence was observed during a two-year follow-up.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Glomus tumors are benign neoplasms originating from the glomus body.
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Key Findings & Data:A 75-year-old man presented with left anterior knee pain of 30-year history, that became more intense with light touch or clothing and increased in severity despite medical treatment.
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Conclusion & Impact:Postoperatively, the patient had no complaint of pain and no recurrence was observed during a two-year follow-up.
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Abstract

Glomus tumors are benign neoplasms originating from the glomus body. They are most frequently found in the nail bed of the hands, and their occurrence in other parts of the body is rare. A 75-year-old man presented with left anterior knee pain of 30-year history, that became more intense with light touch or clothing and increased in severity despite medical treatment. Physical examination showed a painful, soft, mobile, red-purple colored mass, 2x2 cm in size, at the inferior border of the patella. Plain radiographs showed no pathology other than mild degenerative changes. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass lesion, 1.5x1.1x2 cm in size, located at the anterior border of the patellar tendon, which showed hypointensity on T1A-weighted sequences and hyperintensity on T2-weighted sequences and T2-weighted sequences with fat saturation. The mass was excised and the histopathological diagnosis was reported as glomangioma. Postoperatively, the patient had no complaint of pain and no recurrence was observed during a two-year follow-up.

Özet

Glomus tümörleri glomus cisimciğinden kaynaklanan benign tümörlerdir. El parmaklarındaki tırnak yatağı dışında, vücudun diğer bölümlerinde görülmesi nadirdir. Yetmiş beş yaşında erkek hasta, yaklaşık 30 yıldır var olan sol diz önü ağrısı nedeniyle başvurdu. Ağrının hafif dokunma veya giysi ile temasta şiddetlendiği ve uygulanan medikal tedavilere rağmen şiddetinin arttığı öğrenildi. Fizik muayenede patella alt sınırında, 2x2 cm boyutlarında, ağrılı, yumuşak, hareketli, kırmızı-mor renkli lezyon görüldü. Düz grafilerde, hafif dejeneratif değişiklikler dışında ek patoloji saptanmadı. Manyetik rezonans görüntülemesinde, patellar tendon ön komşuluğunda, 1.5x1.1x2 cm boyutlarında, T1A-ağırlıklı kesitlerde hipointens, T2-ağırlıklı kesitlerde ve yağ baskılamalı T2-ağırlıklı kesitlerde hiperintens lezyon saptandı. Ameliyatla çıkarılan kitlenin patolojik tanısı glomanjiyoma olarak bildirildi. Ameliyat sonrasında hastanın ağrı yakınması kayboldu, iki yıllık izleminde nüks saptanmadı.

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AKGÜN, R. C., GÜLER, Ü. Ö., ONAY, U. (2010). A glomus tumor anterior to the patellar tendon: A case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, Cilt: 44 - Sayı: 3, 250–253. https://ajindex.com/articles/354443

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