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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Genet. 2010 Jun 7;47(8):525–532. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2009.073965

Table 2.

Summary of individuals with neurofibromatosos type 1 and pathologically confirmed glomus tumors. CRPS : complex regional pain syndrome Patients NIH-1, NIH-2 and Leu-1 through Leu-7 previously reported in Brems et al 2009. Patients Leu-2 and Leu-3 previously reported in De Smet et al 2002.

Patient number Gender Age at
diagnosis of
glomus tumor
(yrs)
Estimated
neurofibroma
burden at first
glomus tumor
evaluation
No. of café-aulait
macules (1.5
cm+)
No. years
glomus tumor
symptoms at
presentation
No. painful
finger(s)/toes
No. fingers/toes
surgically
explored
(grouped by
surgery)
No. histologically
confirmed glomus
tumors
Comments
NIH-1 F 35 11–50 10 5 6 3+4+3 4:Left F4 (2 synchronous tumors), F5; Right F3 3 surgeries, recurrence in 1 digit, CRPS. See Figure 1.
NIH-2 M 50 1–10 17 20 6 3+4+3 7: Left F2 (twice), F4 (twice); Right F1 (twice), F4 3 surgeries, recurrence in 3 digits, CRPS. See Figure S1.
NIH-3 F 28 101–500 16 4 3 3 1: Left F3 CRPS. See Figure S2.
NIH-4 F 49 1–10 14 40+ 1 1 1: Left F3 See Figure S3.
NIH-5 F 35 Unknown 17 18 1 1 1: Left F3 Surgery at another institution at age 35. No recurrence
Leu-1 F 42 11–50 Unknown 1–2 2 2 2: right F4 and right F5 1 surgery, no recurrence
Leu-2 M 35 51–100 Unknown 2–3 2 2 2: right F3 and right F4 1 surgery, no recurrence
Leu-3 F 52 11–50 Unknown 1 2 +1 2+1 2: left F3 and right F4; 2: Left F4 2 surgeries with 6 year interval, no recurrence in same finger. See Figure 2
Leu-4 M 57 101–500 Unknown 5+ 1 1 1: right F4 1 surgery, no recurrence. See Figure 2
Leu-5 F 41 11–50 Unknown 4 1 1 1+1: left F3 2 surgeries with 13 months interval (recurrence at same location) See Figure 2
Leu-6 F 46 11–50 3 1–2 1 1 1: right F3 1 surgery, no recurrence, mosaic NF1
Leu-7 F 11 0 Unknown 2–3 1 1 1: left F5 Mild shortening of left fifth finger, large tumor, 1 surgery no recurrence. See Figure 3.
Leu-8 F 34 100–500 Unknown 4 1 1 1: left F4 1 surgery, short follow-up. See Figure 2
Hamburg-1 F 25 20 10 5 2 1+1 1: left F4
Hamburg-2 F 57 450 12 1 1 1 1: right T1