Malignant glomus tumor of the intestinal ileum with multiorgan metastases: A case report and review of literature

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of documented intestinal glomus tumors

Ref.	Age/sex	Symptoms	Location/size in cm	Invasion	Mitotic activity	Follow up
Abu-Zaid et al[5], 2013	29/female	Constipation vomiting, melena	Ileum 12.8 × 10.2 × 13.1	Serosa	4-5/50 HPFs	6 mo NETR
Tan et al[18], 2015	74/male	Vomiting abdominal pain	Splenic flexure 2.5	Serosa	19/50 HPFs	6 mo NETR
Bennett et al[20], 2015	70/male	Light headedness, melena	Ascending colon 2.3 × 1.6	Muscularis propria	1/50 HPFs	NA
Campana et al[21], 2014	51/male	Melena, orthostasis	Ileum 3.7	Muscularis propria	< 5/50 HPFs	2 yr NETR
Oliphant et al[22], 2007	37/male	Abdominal pain, altered bowel habit	Ascending colon 3.0 × 2.0	Pericolic fat	0/50 HPFs	NA
Barua et al[23], 1988	60/NA	NA	Colon 0.8 × 0.6	Pericolic fat	NA	NA
Miettinen et al[17], 2002	34/female	Appendicitis-like symptoms	Cecum 7.0 × 6.0	NA	1/50 HPFs	NA
Geraghty et al[24], 1991	60/male	Abdominal pain, diarrhea	Ileum 0.6	Serosa	0/50 HPFs	Died1
Hamilton et al[25], 1982	82/male	Abdominal pain, anorexia, nausea	Jejunum 1.0 × 1.5	Serosa	NA	6 mo NETR
Knackstedt et al[26], 2007	65/male	Vomiting	Duodenum NA	Submucosa	0/50 HPFs	NA
Tuluc et al[27], 2005	40/male	Rectal bleeding	Colon diminutive	Mucosa	0/50 HPFs	> 1 yr NETR

¹The patient died 5 d post-operatively from a presumed pulmonary embolus; NA: Not available; NETR: No evidence of tumor recurrence; HPFs: High power fields, 400 ×.