Treatment of Glomus Tumor

사구종양의 치료

  • Song, Seok-Whan (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St Mary's Hospital College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Woo, Young-Kyun (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St Mary's Hospital College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Rhee, Seung-Koo (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St Mary's Hospital College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, Hwa-Sung (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St Mary's Hospital College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Hoon (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St Mary's Hospital College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 송석환 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성모병원 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 우영균 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성모병원 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 이승구 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성모병원 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 이화성 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성모병원 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 이상훈 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성모병원 정형외과학교실)
  • Published : 1997.08.30

Abstract

From 1988 to 1997, we experienced 11 cases of glomus tumor in fingers(10 cases) and toe(1 case). All patients were female, and showed typical pain, tenderness, and cold sensitivity of the lesions. The locations were subungal in nine cases and in pulp from distal phalangeal bone in two cases. Three patients had histories of one or two failed previous operations, and two patients had another glomus tumor in their bodies. All except one had satisfactory results subjectively and without complications. One patient was operated by the excision of the tumor including germinal matrix and surrounding tissues of nail bed, and had a nail deformity in follow-up. The glomus tumor is not malignant to recur or metastasize in the case of complete excision. However, the surgeon should be alert not to injure or repair the nail bed meticulously after the excision of the tumor to prevent a late deformity of nail.

본 대학 부속 성모병원에서 경험한 사구종양 11례를 후향적으로 분석하였다. 전례가 여자로, 특징적인 동통 및 압통, 그리고 냉각 과민성의 3 주증상을 보였다. 손톱밑 사구종양이 8례, 발톱밑 사구종양이 1례, 그리고 원위 수지 수질(pulp)내 사구종양이 2례이었다. 10례에서 합병증없이 만족스러운 결과를 얻었으며, 손톱바닥을 종괴와 함께 절제한 1례는 손톱기형으로 경과추시중이다. 사구종양은 완전한 절제시 국소재발이나 전이를 하지 않는 양성종양이나, 손톱 바닥의 손상 시 손톱의 변형을 초래할 수 있으므로 완벽한 절제 및 손톱바닥의 세심한 재 봉합이 이루어져야하겠다.

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Supported by : 가톨릭대학교 중앙의료원