Glomus tumor of penis- A rare case

• Main Authors: Madhuri S. Kate, Preeti Jain, Sushma Gulhane
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Makhdoomi Printers 2013-01-01
• Series: Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health
• Subjects: Glomus tumor; painful nodule; penis
• Online Access: http://www.gjmedph.org/uploads/C1_Vo1No6.pdf

Glomus tumors are rare, painful, and benign soft tissue tumors of the skin arising from the glomus body, an arteriovenous thermoregulatory structure. This lesion is usually found on the extremities. Glomus tumor involving the external genital organs including penis is extremely rare. Until now, only few cases have been reported in the available literature. A 22 year old male patient presented with a painful nodule over the penis. The pathologic diagnosis was glomus tumor of the glans penis. We report herewith a case of glomus tumor of penis diagnosed on histopathologic examination. Glomus tumor, being a benign neoplasm, complete extirpation of the glomus tumor is the treatment of choice.