Extradigital glomus tumor as a cause of chronic perianal pain

• Main Authors: Rathi K (Author), Jena J (Author), Dash B (Author), Mitra D (Author), Patnaik P (Author), Basu A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Glomus tumor is a rare perivascular benign tumor arising from the Sucquet-Hoyer canal of the normal glomus body, most commonly in the digital areas. We report a serving soldier with such a tumor in an atypical site, the perianal region, presenting with episodic shooting pain. Total surgical excision...