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James W. Li¹; Michael J. Sayegh MD²; Heng Hong MD PhD³; Zhongyu Li MD PhD²

¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

³Department of Pathology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Corresponding Author: Zhongyu Li MD PhD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, email: zhongyu.li@wfusm.edu

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All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT

This case report describes a patient who was presented with severe incisional pain following an uncomplicated total knee arthroplasty. There was suspicion for an incisional neuroma; however, excisional biopsy revealed an extradigital glomus tumor. The patient had immediate symptom resolution post-operatively. Clinicians should maintain a suspicion for the possibility of extra-digital glomus tumors at sites of prior extremity surgery, causing exquisite tenderness and pain

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