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Table 2 Cases of primary pulmonary glomus tumors with metastasis

From: Malignant glomus tumor of the lung with multiple metastasis: a rare case report

Case

Sex /Age(years)

Symptoms

Site

Metastatic sites

Treatment

Follow-up

Gaertner et al. [8]

M/69

Hemoptysis

RUL

Lungs, mediastinum, brain, liver, lower limb

Lobectomy, chemotherapy

DOD at 68 weeks

Liu et al. [9]

M/48

Fever, dry cough, hemoptysis

LUL, LHL

Left lung, visceral pleura, the vessel walls, bronchi

Lobectomy, chemotherapy

DOD at 4 days

Hohenforst-Schmidt et al. [10]

F/35

Thoracic pain

LHL

Left lung

Lobectomy

FOD in surgical limits, N/A

Wang et al.

F/59

Cough, hemoptysis, melena

LIL

Lungs, stomach, jejunum, ileum, mediastinal nodes

Palliative therapy

DOD at 20 weeks

  1. RUL, Right upper lobe; LUL, Left upper lobe; LIL, Left inferior lobe; LHL, Left hilum of the lung; FOD, Free of disease; N/A, Not available.