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Extracutaneous glomus tumors are unusual and their occurrence in the trachea has been recognized with extreme rarity. We present a case of surgically resected glomus tumor of the trachea in a 34-year-old man who presented with hemoptysis and who was initially diagnosed as having a carcinoid tumor.
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Glomus tumors are uncommon, benign neoplasms which are commonly seen in the extremities, particularly in the subungual region of the finger. This tumor was first described by Masson in 1924 [10]. Since then, sporadic reports of glomus tumors of varying types and locations have appeared in the literature. The tumor is a distinctive type of vascular tumor whose cell type is a modified smooth muscle cell closely resembling the glomus body from which the name is derived. These tumors share several
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