Presentation
Significant pain with minor trauma. Hypersensitivity to cold. Radiographs unavailable.
Patient Data
Gender: Female
From the case:
Subungual glomus tumor
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There is a well-defined hypoechoic lesion (2.7 x 2.0 mm) in the nail bed. It is on the ulnar side.
Hypervascularity is noted in the lesion.
No erosion of the distal phalangeal cortex is noted.
Nail plate unit is normal.
Case Discussion
In view of clinical background, a hypoechoic hypervascular lesion in the nail bed is likely to be a glomus tumor.
This was shown on histopathology to be a glomus tumor.
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