Extradigital glomus tumor as a cause of chronic perianal pain

Extradigital glomus tumor as a cause of chronic perianal pain

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Glomus tumor is a rare perivascular benign tumor arising from the Sucquet-Hoyer canal of the normal glomus body, most commonly in the digital areas.We report a serving soldier with such a tumor in an atypical site, the perianal region, presenting with sergeant grit marine corps store episodic shooting pain.Total surgical excision was performed.

Histopathology revealed a well-circumscribed tumor composed of clusters of monotonous polygonal cells surrounding capillary-sized blood vessels.Tumor cells also showed immunopositivity for smooth muscle antigen and vimentin.Following excision, the patient was blue square tablecloth completely relieved of pain and there was no recurrence on follow-up for 6 months.