Yasutake K, Fujisawa T, Imamura Y, Yoshimura Y, Ohya M, Matsushita K, Tokisue M
Dept. of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults.
Gan No Rinsho. 1989 May;35(6):748-55.
Discussed is a 62-year-old male who was admitted to hospital for an examination of the stomach. Physical examination and associated laboratory data uncovered no unusual results. On barium ingestion, however, an X-ray revealed an oval shaped filling defect at the greater curvature of the antrum. Further, endoscopic examination revealed half of a globular tumor with a surface redness and bridging folds radiating from the tumor. Examination of a biopsied specimen led to the determination of a glomus tumor and the patient underwent an operation. On operation, a well circumscribed submucosal tumor, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm in size, with lobulation was found in the antral submucosal region, this tumor extending to the subserosa. A histopathological study of this neoplasm revealed that it consisted of irregular, swollen, blood vessel lumens lined with flattened endothelial cells, with surrounding aggregates of glomus cells forming lobules. In addition to this case, 52 cases of glomus tumors reported in the Japanese literature are discussed.
