Glomangiopericytoma-type glomus tumour/myopericytoma of the lip

M Ralli; V D'Aguanno; L De Vincentiis; M de Vincentiis; A Corsi

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.06.022

Glomangiopericytoma-type glomus tumour/myopericytoma of the lip

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2019 Nov;57(9):923-925. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.06.022. Epub 2019 Jul 6.

Authors

M Ralli¹, V D'Aguanno¹, L De Vincentiis², M de Vincentiis³, A Corsi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: alessandro.corsi@uniroma1.it.

PMID: 31285072
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.06.022

Abstract

We describe the case of a 46-year-old man who presented with a four-month history of a reddish, otherwise asymptomatic, nodular lesion that involved the mucosal side of the upper lip. The lesion consisted of myoid glomus-like cells arranged around branching and thin-walled haemangiopericytoma-like vascular structures, and was classified as glomangiopericytoma. No recurrences occurred during an eight-month follow-up. To the best of our knowledge, this tumour has never previously been described in the mucosa of the lip.

Keywords: Glomangiopericytoma; Glomus tumour; Lip; Myopericytoma; Oral cavity.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Glomus Tumor* / diagnosis
Hemangiopericytoma*
Humans
Lip Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Male
Middle Aged
Myopericytoma* / diagnosis
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local