Glomus tumour pathology

Figure 2

Histology of glomus tumours

Glomus tumours are dermal, well circumscribed and consist of small vessels surrounded by glomus cells (Figure 1). Glomus cells have bland round to oval nuclei, pale eosinophilic cytoplasm and clearly defined cell margins (Figure 2, 3, 4). Mitotic figures and pleomorphism should not be prominent.

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