Is glomus tumor serious?

Glomus tumor is an indirect benign tumor. In rare cases, it may be accompanied by nausea, but it is generally not too serious. The patient's body may be accompanied by complications, which will affect normal work and life. If a patient finds changes in his or her condition or a tumor or other disease, he or she needs to make an early diagnosis, and undergo timely surgical treatment and auxiliary physical examinations.

Is glomus tumor serious?

Glomus tumor is a benign mesenchymal tumor, but in very rare cases it may show the characteristics of a malignant tumor. In clinical practice, glomus tumors are easily misdiagnosed as hemangiomas or vascular malformations, and cases occurring under the nail are easily misdiagnosed as paronychia or other tumors. There is no clear conclusion on the cause of glomus tumor. Most people believe that it is a benign tumor formed by abnormal proliferation of glomus under the influence of certain inducing factors. Glomus is mostly distributed under the skin of fingers, palms, toes, and soles. Under the influence of trauma and other inducing factors, abnormal cell proliferation develops into glomus tumor, which is most commonly found in the extremities of the limbs that are most vulnerable to squeezing and collision, especially under the nail.

Most glomus tumors are single small tumors with a diameter of less than 1 cm. However, glomus tumors occurring in areas other than the subungual area may have a diameter of several centimeters. In clinical practice, a small number of cases present with multiple glomus tumors. The clinical symptoms of glomus tumors include the triad of intermittent pain, unbearable tenderness, and pain with cold sensitivity. Subungual glomus tumors are more prominent, and small purple or pink spots can be seen locally under the nail.

In short, glomus tumor is a benign soft tissue tumor, and some tumor cells have certain malignant cell division characteristics. Further pathological research on these cases with malignant cell division characteristics is worthy of attention; most glomus tumors are single and can occur in various parts of the body, causing certain harm to human health and affecting normal life and work; glomus tumors have a certain misdiagnosis rate, postoperative recurrence rate and adverse complications in clinical practice, mostly because some clinicians do not have enough understanding of the disease. Therefore, it is very necessary to understand the clinical and pathological characteristics of glomus tumors, make early diagnosis of glomus tumors through necessary auxiliary examinations, and perform correct surgical treatment.