SOLID GLOMUS TUMOR PRESENTING AS AN AXILLARY MASS - RESORT OF A CASE WITH MORPHOLOGIC STUDY, INCLUDING CYTOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS

BACKGROUND: Glomus tumors are usually small, painful, subungual nodule s causing no diagnostic difficulties. Less obvious is the characteriza tion of the solid, deep-seated variant. CASE: A 32-year-old female pre sented with a solid, pain less tumor in the right axillary region. A f ine needle aspirate was initially interpreted as ectopic breast tissue . Subsequent morphologic studies on the lumpectomy, specimen revealed a solid glomus tumor. CONCLUSION: The cytologic appearance of glomus t umors is at most suggestive. Whenever the diagnosis is considered, app ropriate immunohistochemical studies should be added to consolidate it .