Coccygeal glomus

Coccygeal glomus
Coccygeal glomus
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Section of an irregular nodule of the glomus coccygeum. X 85. The section shows the fibrous covering of the nodule, the bloodvessels within it, and the epithelial cells of which it is constituted.
Latin glomus coccygeum
Gray's subject #277 1281
Artery median sacral artery

The coccygeal glomus (coccygeal gland or body; Luschka’s gland) is placed in front of, or immediately below, the tip of the coccyx.

Anatomy

It is about 2.5 mm. in diameter and is irregularly oval in shape; several smaller nodules are found around or near the main mass.

It consists of irregular masses of round or polyhedral cells, the cells of each mass being grouped around a dilated sinusoidal capillary vessel.

Each cell contains a large round or oval nucleus, the protoplasm surrounding which is clear, and is not stained by chromic salts.

Clinical significance

It may appear similar to a glomus tumor.[1]

References

  1. ^ Santos L, Chow C, Kennerson A (2002). "Glomus coccygeum may mimic glomus tumour.". Pathology 34 (4): 339–43. doi:10.1080/003130202760120508. PMID 12190292. 

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

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