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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Surg Pathol. 2015 Jan 22;23(3):181–188. doi: 10.1177/1066896914567330

Table 1.

Alternative Clinical Diagnoses Included on a Differential Diagnosis With Glomus Tumora.

Clinical Diagnoses Cases (of 43) Frequency (%)
Lipoma 7 16.3
Cyst 7 16.3
Angioma 6 14.0
Fibroma 5 11.6
Neuroma 5 11.6
Melanoma 4 9.3
Nevus 3 7.0
Leiomyoma 3 7.0
Pyogenic granuloma 3 7.0
Spiradenoma 3 7.0
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In 40 patient cases, the clinician/surgeon listed glomus tumor as a clinical diagnosis along with other competing diagnoses. More than 2 entities were listed in most cases (70%, 28/40).