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Soft tissue chondroma of the thumb mimicking a glomus tumor
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Published: 29 May 2026
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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. [...]
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Yusa Y, Sawamura T, Suzuki H. Soft tissue chondroma of the thumb mimicking a glomus tumor. Dermatol Reports [Internet]. 2026 May 29 [cited 2026 Jun. 3];. Available from: https://journals.pagepress.net/dr/article/view/10740
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