Table 1.
Review of the Literature on Glomus Tumors on the Digit
| First Author | Study Type | Sample Size | Gender | Age (y) | Size (mm) | Duration of the Symptoms (y) | Location | Diagnosis | Complications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man | Woman | Recurrence | Nail Deformity | ||||||||
| Nazerani et al4 | Case series | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38.5 (25–58) | <6 (n = 7) 12 (n = 1) | — | Ulnar side (n = 3) Radial side (n = 5) | MRI and x-ray (n = 8) | n = 2 | n = 3 |
| Hamdi5 | Retrospective cohort | 8 | 3 | 5 | 40 (23–61) | 2–6 | 2.101–7 | Subungual (n = 6) Pulp (n = 2) | MRI and x-ray (n = 8) | n = 0 | n = 0 |
| Tomak et al6 | Case series | 14 | 4 | 10 | 46 (28–65) | 3–4 | 7.4 (0.8–25) | Subungual (n = 14) | X-ray (n = 14) | n = 2 | n = 3 |
| Fujioka et al7 | Case series | 4 | 2 | 2 | 29 (25–31) | — | 4.5 (0.6–10) | Subungual (n = 4) | MRI (n = 4) | n = 0 | n = 0 |
| Takata et al2 | Retrospective cohort | 30 | 7 | 23 | 42 (16–78) | — | 7.8 | Subungual (n = 30) | — | n = 2 | n = 5 |
| Bhaskaranand and Navadgi8 | Case series | 18 | 11 | 7 | 31 (16–51) | — | 1.9 (0.1–5) | Subungual (n = 7)Paraungual (n = 4)Palmar-radial (n = 1) Palmar–ulnar (n = 2) | X-ray (n = 2) MRI (n = 1) | n = 0 | n = 0 |
| Saaiq9 | Case series | 17 | 5 | 12 | 41.17 (27–62) | 2–11 | 1.6 (0.3–3) | Subungual (n = 14) Volar pulp (n = 3) | MRI (n = 17) | n = 0 | n = 0 |
| Lin et al10 | Retrospective cohort | 75 | 17 | 58 | Women 41.2 (15–75) Men 42.7 (26–71) |
2–8 | 3.9 | Nail matrix (n = 20) Nail bed (n = 29)Volar (n = 19) | X-ray (n = 15)US (n = 4)MRI (n = 2) MRI and x-ray (n = 8)US and x-ray (n = 1) | n = 13 | n = 0 |