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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 7 | Page : 21-23 |
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"Pink glow": A new sign for the diagnosis of glomus tumor on ultraviolet light dermoscopy
Sarvesh S Thatte, Siddhi B Chikhalkar, Uday S Khopkar
Department of Dermatology, Seth GS Medical College, King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Sarvesh S Thatte
Seth GS Medical College, King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2229-5178.171041
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Glomus tumors are usually benign hamartomas, which are painful, small, and uncommon. They are usually subungal in location but may occur at other sites. A female patient presented to the outpatient department with painful swelling over the nail matrix of her right index finger. Here, we describe the use of a videodermosope having white light, polarized light, and ultraviolet (UV) light in the localization of glomus tumors that revealed a pinkish glow on UV light examination suggesting the vascular nature of the tumor. Thus, videodermoscopy can be used as an outpatient department procedure to confirm the diagnosis of glomus tumors. |
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