Periosteal glomus tumor of the femur - A case report

Osseous abnormalities produced by glomus tumors located in soft tissues of the periungual region have been described. More rare is the location of a g lomus tumor within bone, which usually is located in the phalanx of the fin gers. However, to the authors' knowledge, there is no previous description of a glomus tumor located in a periosteal location of a long bone. A 50-yea r-old man with a glomus tumor in a periosteal location of the lower metaphy sis of the femur without neoplastic erosion of the cortical surface is repo rted. Magnetic resonance imaging and intraoperative ultrasonography were ne eded to locate the lesion.