Glomus tumours: Outcome based on tumour location in hand.

Objective: To determine the clinical outcome of patients with glomus tumour in nail matrix and nail bed that were excised with transungual approach.

Methods: The case series was conducted at the Allied and District Headquarter Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan,from January 2012 to June 2014, and comprised patients with glomus tumour at finger tipswhose diagnosis was confirmed with biopsy results. Variables noted were the location of the tumour in the nail i.e. either nail matrix or the nail bed.

Results: Of the 8 patients in the study, 5(62.5%) had tumours located in the nail matrix and 3(37.5%) in the nail bed. Three (60%) patients with nail matrix tumour had prolonged pain sensation, whereas none (with nail bed lesion had prolonged pain sensation.

Conclusions: There was no recurrence but anatomic location of the subungual glomus tumour at initial presentation can predict postoperative prolonged pain.