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ReviewPain management2026

PET imaging of extradigital glomus tumor: a case report and literature review.

Regina Hopson, Patricia Connor, James Bennett, Scott Sommerville

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Review in Pain management, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Regina HopsonFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0009-0001-4067-5569
Patricia ConnorI-MED Radiology Network, Brisbane, Australia.
James BennettSullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Brisbane, Australia.
Scott SommervilleFaculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8590-6826

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extradigital glomus tumors are uncommon and challenging to diagnose. The patient had debilitating pain, and equivocal findings on examination and other soft tissue imaging modalities, without diagnosis or effective treatment, despite consulting a broad range of medical specialties. An incidental finding on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) of a thigh lesion located at the site of 8 years of undiagnosed and treatment resistant pain led to a diagnosis of glomus tumor. The PET findings ultimately facilitated complete surgical excision and definitive cure. This case presents the utility of 18F-FDG PET as an imaging modality in patients with otherwise unexplained localized pain, to identify a lesion and lead to more timely diagnosis and treatment.

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Glomus TumorPositron-Emission TomographyFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansRadiopharmaceuticalsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals18F-FDG PETchronic paincomputed tomographydiagnostic imagingGlomus tumormusculoskeletal painPET imagingpositron emission tomography

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PMID42142359
PMCPMC13573537

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