1996 Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages 72-75
A 56-year-old female had suffered from paroxysmal upper back pain for 10 years.
A chest X-ray and chest CT scan revealed a superior mediastinal mass, 5.0×3.5cm in size. The preoperative diagnosis was neurinoma. It was resected completely.
Histological examination showed numerous vascular spaces lined with sheets of epithelial cells (glomus cells), so it was diagnosed glomus tumor. Histological reexamination of a tumor of the left foot resected 4 years earlier also showed glomus tumor. Multiple glomus tumors have rarely been reported. Her paroxysmal pains diminished after operation, but she should be followed closely for recurrences.
