TY - JOUR ID - 12507 TI - Glomus Tumor of Uncertain Malignant Potential in Thumb: A Case Report and Review of Literature JO - The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery JA - ABJS LA - en SN - 2345-4644 AU - Rahbari, Keivan AU - Farzan, Mahmoud AU - Saffar, Hana AU - Farhoud, Amir R. AD - Orthopedics Department, Imam Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Imam Hospital Complex, Tehran university of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Orthopedics Department, Imam Hospital Complex, Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 117 EP - 120 KW - Bone involvement KW - Glomus Tumor KW - Malignancy DO - 10.22038/abjs.2019.35225.1928 N2 - Malignant transformation of glomus tumor is exceedingly rare and most common reported in lower extremity and abdominal viscera. We could find only 6 previous case report of malignant glomus tumor in the hand. Although large and deeply located glomus tumors are considered to be malignant, evidence has shown that most of these cases were clinically benign. These lesions are better considered as glomus tumor of uncertain malignant potential. Due to rarity of malignant glomus tumor, decision for operative treatment must be based on few case reports. In this article we review the literature for malignant glomus tumor of hand and their management, also we report a 49 year-old man with glomus tumor of uncertain malignant potential in thumb who was treated by wide amputationLevel of evidence: IV UR - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_12507.html L1 - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_12507_45de6a45440899eacfa2133c5a7df5d0.pdf ER -