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UNLABELLED: Glomus tumors are benign soft-tissue neoplasms. Commonly found in the digits, glomus tumors can rarely arise in extradigital locations and may result in misdiagnosis or delay in diagnosis. Plastic surgeons should therefore include glomus tumors in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with painful, red- or blue-colored extradigital lesions. The authors present a rare case of extradigital glomangioma tumors of the right and left thigh in a 35-year-old woman. This case report describes an atypical presentation of multiple glomus tumors and reviews diagnostic and treatment modalities. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.
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Glomus Tumor/diagnosis , Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal/diagnosis , Adult , Female , Glomus Tumor/pathology , Glomus Tumor/surgery , Humans , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local , Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal/pathology , Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal/surgery , ThighABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: Subcutaneous endometriomas are cystic lesions that are rarely described. During the course of abdominoplasty surgery, a "surprise" encounter with a cyst containing brown material brought up the possibility that an atypical incarcerated hernia was entered. Dissection revealed no connection between the cyst and the rectus fascia and subsequent pathologic evaluation revealed an endometrioma. This report describes the unusual encounter with a painless endometrioma during abdominoplasty. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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Abdominoplasty , Connective Tissue Diseases/diagnosis , Endometriosis/diagnosis , Subcutaneous Tissue , Female , Humans , Incidental Findings , Intraoperative Period , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Mammaplasty/methods , Nipples/surgery , Preoperative Care/methods , Equipment Design , Female , Humans , Patient SatisfactionABSTRACT
The use of 2-octyl cyanoacrylate (Dermabond; Ethicon, Somerville, NJ) for wound closure is increasingly popular. Problems with Dermabond are generally related to application techniques and rarely relate to the chemical nature of the adhesive. This article describes a severe allergic reaction to Dermabond following breast augmentation/mastopexy.
