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glomus

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glo·mus  (glms)
n. pl. glom·er·a (glmr-)
A small body surrounded by many nerve fibers, consisting of an anastomosis between fine arterioles and veins.

[Latin.]


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Because of these characteristics, they are often mistaken for glomus tumors of the skull base.
High on the list of working differential diagnoses were glomus vagale, schwannoma, neurofibroma, squamous cell carcinoma, and carotid body tumor.
20) Neurogenic tumors usually enhance intensely with gadolinium diethylenetriamine-penta-acetic acid (DTPA), whereas glomus tumors have the characteristic serpiginous areas of flow void (salt-and-pepper pattern) on MRI.
 
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