Glomus tumor: revitalizing concepts Tumor glômico: revitalizando conceitos

A female, caucasian, 22-year-old patient with no comorbidity, complaining of incapacitating crises of subungual pain in her left hallux, strong enough to wake her up in the middle of the night, starting four years ago, with progressive worsening. The symp-tom was triggered by a physical stimulus such as cold tempera-ture, local pressure, and even wind causing the crises which im-proved as she immersed her feet into tepid water. The patient had already sought medical assistance several times, receiving mul-tiple, different treatments, including treatment for mycosis, ten-dinitis and neuritis. Amongst the prescribed pharmaceuticals, she reported the use of analgesic, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and corticosteroid drugs, all of them with no response. Both plain radiography and ultrasonography of the first digit of her left foot did not characterize any pathological finding. Mag-netic resonance imaging of her left hallux demonstrated the pres