Glomangioma of the Kidney: A Rare Case of Glomus Tumor and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Summary of the reported cases of glomus tumor in the kidney.

Case number	Author [reference]	Age/sex	Presentation	Site	Size	Treatment	Follow-up (months)
Benign Glomus Tumor
(1)	Our case	57/male	Vague abdominal discomfort	Upper pole of left kidney	2 × 1.5 × 1 cm	Partial nephrectomy	NED (12)
(2)	Lazor et al. (2016) [17]	68/female	Incidental (case of bladder cancer, after BCG therapy)	Left renal cortex	1 cm	Partial nephrectomy	NED (7)
(3)	Novis et al. (2016) [16]	66/male	Incidental (elevated PSA)	Right kidney	5.8 × 5.5 × 4.7 cm	Radical nephrectomy	NA
(4)	Venyo et al. (2012) [15]	32/male	Vague upper abdominal discomfort	Left kidney	4 × 2.3 × 4 cm	Partial nephrectomy	NED (20)
(5)	Sasaki et al. (2011) [14]	62/male	Unexplained weight loss, nausea, and anorexia	Left kidney	1.8 cm	Partial nephrectomy	NED (2)
(6)	Onishi et al. (2010) [13]	36/female	Regular follow-up (elevated proteinuria)	Right congenital hypoplastic kidney	1.7 cm	Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy	NED (8)
(7)	Nuwayhid et al. (2010) [12]	17/male	Incidental (during workup for ulcerative colitis)	Upper pole of right kidney	2.1 × 1.4 × 1.9 cm	Wedge resection	NA
(8)	Sugimoto et al. (2010) [11]	41/male	Incidental (regular checkup for leukoderma)	Right kidney	1 cm	Partial nephrectomy	NA
(9)	Al-Ahmadie et al. (2007) [10]	36/male	Abdominal tenderness	Anterior interpolar region of the right kidney	2.3 × 3.2 × 3.3 cm	Partial nephrectomy	NED (62)
(10)	Al-Ahmadie et al. (2007) [10]	81/male	Incidental (history of prostatic adenocarcinoma)	Lower pole of right kidney	4 cm	Total nephrectomy	NED (24)
(11)	Al-Ahmadie et al. (2007) [10]	48/male	Incidental	Midpole of the right kidney	7.3 cm	Total nephrectomy	NED (33)
(12)	Herawi et al. (2005) [9]	53/female	Discomfort in right flank, microscopic hematuria, hydronephrosis	Distal renal pelvis, right kidney	2.5 cm	Radical nephrectomy	NED (6)
(13)	Siddiqui et al. (2005) [8]	55/female	Incidental	Lower pole of her left kidney	2 cm	Partial nephrectomy	NA
(14)	Gravet et al. (2015) [7]; (article in French)	60/male	Incidental	Left upper pole	2.5 cm	Partial nephrectomy	NED (8)
(15)	Billard et al. (1990) [6]; (article in French)	71/male	Incidental	Right renal capsule	NA	NA	NA
(16)	Schwarz et al. (1957) [5]; (article in German)	34/female; (pregnant)	Flank pain radiating to the back	Renal parenchyma	NA	NA	NA
Infiltrating glomus tumor of uncertain malignant potential
(1)	Gill and Van Vliet (2010) [2]	46/male	Microscopic hematuria	Anterior aspect of the lower pole of the right kidney	7 × 6.5 × 6.5 cm	Radical nephrectomy	NED (15)
Malignant glomus tumor
(1)	Chen et al. (2016) [19]	46/male	Incidental (history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma)	Upper pole of the right kidney	5 × 4.5 × 4 cm	Radical nephrectomy	NED (6)
(2)	Lamba et al. (2011) [18]	44/male	Lower back pain (metastasis of tumor is the primary presentation)	Posterior side of right kidney with distal metastasis	Multiple metastasis; the size of the primary tumor was unknown	Palliative therapy	Died after 6 months
Total	19 cases