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A glomus tumor of left lower extremity arising from left superficial femoral artery: A case report

Süreyya Talay¹, Kadir Arslan², Burçin Abud<sup>3

1</sup>Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 29 Mayıs State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Training and Research Hospital, Muğla, Turkey
³Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Keywords: Glomus tumor, lower extremity, surgical excision

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Glomus tumors, usually used as a synonym of carotid body tumors, are of neuroectodermal origin and a part of the extra-adrenal neuroendocrine system pathologies. These lesions are the most frequent paragangliomas located in the neck. Herein, we present a rare case of mass lesion on the left leg arising from the left superficial femoral artery. After successful excision and removal, the pathological examination result was reported as a glomus tumor.

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