Paralysis due to a glomangioma in a Macaca mulatta. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5012079

Hubbard, G B; Fanton, J W; Harvey, R C; Wood, D H

Glomangioma have many synonyms including: glomus tumors, tumors of neuromyoarterial glomi, angioneuromas, angioneuromyomas, neuromyoarterial glomi, painful subcutaneous tubercles, Popoff tumors or subcotaneous glomal tumors. They are common in humans, rare in nonhuman primates and to the best of our knowledge, have only been reported in irradiated rhesus. The neoplasms originate in arterial-venous shunts known as neuromyoarterial glomi which are commonly found beneath fingernails and fingertips, but have been reported in many locations both superficial and deep. The neoplasm can be confused with hemangiopericytomas, hemangiomas, paragangliomas, and leiomyomas, and must be definitely diagnosed ultrastructurally. A glomangioma at the 6-7 thoracic intervertebral space caused compression of the spinal cord with posterior paralysis in an irradiated 20-year-old female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).

• Research Organization: Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5012079
• Report Number(s): AD-A-157036/5/XAB; USAFSAM-TR-84-256
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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