Intraosseous glomus tumor of the fibula

Glomus tumor is a rare, benign vascular tumor and intraosseous glomus tumor , which arises primarily within bone, is even rarer. Fewer than 20 cases ha ve been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 34-year-old wo man with glomus tumor primarily in the midshaft of the fibula that radiolog ically mimicked chondromyxoid fibroma, aneurysmal bone cyst or adamantinoma , together with a review of other reported cases.