Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 28-year-old man presented with a 12-year history of a right thumbnail deformity and a two-year history of pain. Clinical examination revealed an 8×8 mm pale, reddish, tender mass beneath the posterior nail fold. The overlying nail plate was flattened. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a well-defined lesion with homogeneous low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, with marginal enhancement. Based on Carroll's classic triad - pain, localized tenderness, and cold sensitivity - and the subungual location, a glomus tumor was clinically suspected. [...].
Source: Dermatology Reports
Authors: Yu Yusa, Takeshi Sawamura, Hiroyoshi Suzuki
Institution: South Miyagi Medical Center
Language: English
Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $539
OpenAlex ID: W7162815440