Glomangiosarcoma in the shoulder of a 51-year-old man
Keywords:
glomangiosarcoma, glomangioma, gloms tumor, malignant gloms tumorAbstract
Glomangiosarcoma is a very rare type of soft tissue neoplasm. Here we report such a case in the shoulder of a 51-year-old man.
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2. Gould EW, Manivel JC, Albores-Saavedra J, Monforte H. Locally infiltrative glomus tumors and glomangiosarcomas. A clinical, ultrastructural, and immunohistochemical study. Cancer. 1990; 65(2):310-8.
3. Aiba M, Hirayama A, Kuramochi S. Glomangiosarcoma in glomus tumor. An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study. Cancer. 1988; 61(7):1467-71.
4. RodrÍguez-Justo M, Aramburu-GonzÁlez JA, Santoja C. Glomangiosarcoma of abdominal wall. Virchows Arch. 2001;438(4):418-20. CrossRef
5. Kreutz RW, Christensen RE Jr, Fish LR. Glomangiosarcoma with metastasis to the maxilla. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1987;16(1):116-8.
6. Brathwaite CD, Poppiti RJ Jr. Malignant glomus tumor. A case report of widespread metastases in a patient with multiple glomus body hamartomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 1996; 20(2):233-8.
7. Watanabe K, Sugino T, Saito A, Kusakabe T, Suzuki T. Glomangiosarcoma of the hip: report of a highly aggressive tumour with widespread distant metastases. Br J Dermatol. 1998;139(6):1097-101.
8. Folpe AL, Fanburg-Smith JC, Miettinen M, Weiss SW. Atypical and malignant glomus tumors: analysis of 52 cases, with a proposal for the reclassification of glomus tumors. Am J Surg Pathol. 2001;25(1):1-12.
9. Fletcher CDM, Unni KK, Mertens F (eds). Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of Soft tissue and Bone. World Health Organization Classification of Tumors. Lyon, France: IARC Press; 2002.
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2019-12-07
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Rishi A, Dulanto F, Cheng S. Glomangiosarcoma in the shoulder of a 51-year-old man. Dermatol Pract Concept. Published online December 7, 2019:49-57. doi:10.5826/dpc.0201a09
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