SOLITARY PLAQUE-LIKE TELANGIECTATIC GLOMANGIOMA

We present a new clinicopathological variant of glomangioma. The lesio n consisted of a painful solitary telangiectatic plaque on the right s houlder of a 33-year-old woman, It had been present for 3 years. Histo pathology revealed ectatic vascular lumina within the dermis surrounde d by glomus cells. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural investigati ons confirmed the nature of the glomus cells, Acquired solitary plaque -like telangiectatic glomangioma is a new and distinctive variant; of cutaneous glomus tumour.