Concomitant Glomus Tumor with CRPS in the Hand.

Author: Hyeong Jun JEONG ¹ ; Chan Mi KIM ; Duck Mi YOON ; Kyung Bong YOON
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1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea. kbyoon@yuhs.ac
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: complex regional pain syndrome; glomus tumor
MeSH: Cold Temperature; Glomus Tumor; Hand; Humans
From:The Korean Journal of Pain 2013;26(3):295-298
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Glomus tumors are benign tumors that account for 1% to 5% of all soft tissue tumors of the hand and are characterized by a triad of sensitivity to cold, localized tenderness and severe paroxysmal pain. Paroxysmal pain is a symptom common not only in glomus tumors but also in CRPS, and the hand is one of the commonly affected sites in patients with both glomus tumors and CRPS. Therefore, it is not easy to clinically diagnose glomus tumors superimposed on already affected region of CRPS patients. We report a case of glomus tumor concomitantly originating with CRPS at the hand.