Abstract
A 29-year-old male patient complained subungual palpable mass with sharp pain. Ultrasonography showed a lobulated, hypoechoic, vascularized mass that was distinct from the surrounding soft tissue of 1.2×0.9×0.6 cm in size, probably a glomus tumor. Authors performed surgical excision and excisional biopsy, and pathological study was diagnosed schwannoma. Subungual schwannoma is very rare and have been reported as a painless mass. Authors report a case of painful subungual schwannoma mimicking glomus tumor on ultrasonography.
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Fig. 2
Transverse (A) and longitudinal (B) ultrasonography images show 1.2×0.9×0.6-cm-sized well-defined, lobulated, round, and hypoechoic cystic mass at the radial side under the nail plate. (C, D) Color Doppler ultrasonography shows subtle flow signals around the hypoechoic area.
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