Abstract
Case: A 70-year-old man, with painful nodules on the posterior surface of the right lower leg left untreated for 10 years, visited our hospital for significant right lower leg tenderness. We observed no growth of the nodular mass. The mass with slightly swollen surface was dark red and 15×13 mm in size, showing an elastic-hard, clear-cut nodular lesion. X-ray examination found no abnormality in soft tissue or bone, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an internally uniform, clear-cut tumor, characterized by low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, located in subcutaneous tissue. The tumor was resected with the nodular lesion of the skin and diagnosed as glomus tumor. Now, the patient has no recurrent tumor or pain.
Discussion: This rare case of glomus tumor occurred in the lower leg with skin lesion. Painful soft tissue tumor always requires careful medical treatment because of the possibility of glomus tumor.
