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'''Glomus tumours''', also known as '''glomangioma''', are painful, perivascular tumour that are classically periungual. | '''Glomus tumours''', also known as '''glomangioma''', are painful, perivascular tumour that are classically periungual. | ||
It should not be confused with ''[[paraganglioma]]'', which were once called glomus tumour. | It should '''not''' be confused with ''[[paraganglioma]]'', which were once called glomus tumour. | ||
This tumour is classified as a ''perivascular tumour'' (also ''pericytic tumour'') which is a subset of [[soft tissue tumours]]. | This tumour is classified as a ''perivascular tumour'' (also ''pericytic tumour'') which is a subset of [[soft tissue tumours]]. | ||