A blue-red, extremely painful vascular neoplasm involving a glomeriform arteriovenous anastomosis (glomus body), which may be found anywhere in the skin, most often in the distal portion of the fingers and toes, especially beneath the nail. It is composed of specialized pericytes (sometimes termed glomus cells), usually in single encapsulated nodular masses which may be several millimeters in diameter (From Stedman, 27th ed). CHEMODECTOMA, a tumor of NEURAL CREST origin, is also sometimes called a glomus tumor.

Descriptor ID	D005918
MeSH Number(s)	C04.557.645.350
Concept/Terms	Glomus Tumor Glomus Tumor Glomus Tumors Tumor, Glomus Tumors, Glomus Glomangioma Glomangioma Glomangiomas

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