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Perioperative finding.
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A 22-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital for the excision of painful multifocal vascular deformity on the left upper arm (Figure 1), which was clinically similar to varicose vein malformation. The tumor presented itself as a bluish multifocal area 5-10 mm in diameter, just above biceps muscle (Figure 1).
Multifocal location:preoperative finding.
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During surgery, the tumor was exposed through a short skin incision on the left upper arm (Figure 2).
Tumour histology:dilated vascular areas.
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Histological examination showed dilated vascular area with proliferated glomus cells with a round nucleus in the wall of dilated vascular structures (Figures 3 and 4).
Detail:proliferated glomus cells with round nuclei in the wall of dilated vascular structures.
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Histological examination showed dilated vascular area with proliferated glomus cells with a round nucleus in the wall of dilated vascular structures (Figures 3 and 4).