Glomus Tumor of the Stomach: Depiction by Multidetector CT and Three-Dimensional Volume Rendering Imaging

Tarak H. Patel; Karen M. Horton; Ralph H. Hruban; Elliot K. Fishman

doi:10.1155/2010/126095

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2010)

Glomus Tumor of the Stomach: Depiction by Multidetector CT and Three-Dimensional Volume Rendering Imaging

Tarak H. Patel,
Karen M. Horton,
Ralph H. Hruban,
Elliot K. Fishman

Affiliations

Tarak H. Patel: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, JHOC 3254, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0801, USA
Karen M. Horton: Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 N. Caroline Street, JHOC 3253, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Ralph H. Hruban: Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Elliot K. Fishman: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, JHOC 3254, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0801, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/126095
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2010

Abstract

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Glomus tumors are uncommon tumors which can occur anywhere within the gastrointestinal tract but have been shown to occur most commonly in the gastric antrum. On CT, these tumors demonstrate hyperenhancement which may help distinguish them from other gastric masses.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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