A primary pulmonary glomus tumor complicated with hyperpyrexia and anemia

Yuqing Huang; Kezhong Chen; Kunkun Sun; Jian Cui; Yingtai Chen; Xianjun Min; Jun Liu; Jun Wang

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.117

A primary pulmonary glomus tumor complicated with hyperpyrexia and anemia

Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Feb;95(2):e29-31. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.117.

Authors

Yuqing Huang¹, Kezhong Chen, Kunkun Sun, Jian Cui, Yingtai Chen, Xianjun Min, Jun Liu, Jun Wang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, PR China.

PMID: 23336911
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.117

Abstract

Pulmonary glomus tumors are extremely rare, with only 19 cases having been reported worldwide. The glomus body is considered to be related to the regulation of body temperature, but the reported cases were not associated with hyperpyrexia. Here, we describe a 28-year-old man with hyperpyrexia and anemia complicated with a coin lesion of the right lung. After resection of the upper lobe of the right lung by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, all of the patient's symptoms disappeared. The pathologic analysis reported a rare pulmonary glomus tumor. The disease had not recurred by 1 year after operation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anemia / etiology*
Fever / etiology*
Glomus Tumor / complications*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications*
Male