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1. a benign but painful tumor involving the arterial portion of a glomus body, usually found on the skin of the distal part of a finger or toe, especially beneath the nail, and sometimes in the stomach or nasal cavity. Called also glomangioma. 2. chemodectoma.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Glomus tumor — Infobox Disease Name = Glomus tumor Caption = DiseasesDB = 30732 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = 8711/0 OMIM = 138000 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = derm eMedicineTopic = 167 MeshID = D005918 : Glomus tumor was also the name formerly used for a tumor now… … Wikipedia
glomus tumor — noun : a painful benign tumor that develops by hypertrophy of a glomus … Useful english dictionary
Glomus — (Latin for ball ) can refer to: * Glomus (fungus) * Glomus tumor * Coccygeal glomus * Carotid glomus is another name for the carotid body * Glomus cell * Glomerulus is a small ball … Wikipedia
Glomus body — The glomus body is not to be confused with the glomus cell which is a kind of chemoreceptor found in the carotid bodies and aortic bodies. A glomus body (or glomus apparatus) is a component of the dermis layer of the skin, involved in body… … Wikipedia
glomus body — a specialized type of arteriovenous shunt that helps regulate blood flow and maintain or regulate body temperature; these are found most abundantly in the skin of the hands and feet (especially the digital pads and nail beds), the skin of the… … Medical dictionary
Tumor glómico — El tumor glómico es un tumor vascular raro y benigno. Más específicamente, se trata de un hamartoma, resultado de la hiperplasia del cuerpo glómico neuromioarterial. También se emplea la denominación glomangioma. Contenido 1 Descripción 2… … Wikipedia Español
glomus tympanicum tumor — a type of glomus jugulare tumor involving the glomus tympanicum adjacent to the promontory of the tympanic cavity. When large, the tumor may fill the tympanic cavity, causing tinnitus and conductive hearing loss … Medical dictionary
tumor — 1. Any swelling or tumefaction. 2. SYN: neoplasm. 3. One of the four signs of inflammation (t., calor, dolor, rubor) enunciated by Celsus. [L. t., a swelling] acinar cell t. a … Medical dictionary
Glomus cell — The glomus cell is not to be confused with the glomus body found in the dermis layer of the skin. A glomus cell is a peripheral chemoreceptor, located in the carotid bodies and aortic bodies, that helps the body regulate breathing. When there is… … Wikipedia
glomus vagale — a glomus along the vagus nerve. See also glomus vagale tumor, under tumor … Medical dictionary
