Open Access
CC BY 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2025; 24(02): 181-184
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1802955
Case Report

Glomus Tumor of the Finger Diagnosed on Bone Scintigraphy

Alecio F. Lombardi
1   Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
,
1   Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
,
Jeremiah R. Long
1   Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
› Author Affiliations
Preview

Abstract

A 60-year-old woman with chronic pain in the left long finger, occasionally involving the ring finger and intermittently extending to the hand, wrist, and distal forearm, was referred for radiographs and a triple-phase technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy to evaluate for possible complex regional pain syndrome. Initial radiographs were normal. A three-phase bone scan revealed focal radiotracer uptake at the distal aspect of the long finger during the blood pool phase only, with normal blood flow and delayed phases, suggesting a hypervascular soft tissue tumor. Follow-up magnetic resonance imaging showed a hypervascular nodule in the nail bed of the long finger. The lesion was surgically resected, and pathology results confirmed the diagnosis of a glomus tumor.

Ethical Approval

This HIPAA-compliant case report was approved by our Institutional Review Board.




Publication History

Article published online:
20 February 2025

© 2025. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
A-12, 2nd Floor, Sector 2, Noida-201301 UP, India