Multiple glomus tumours, Coats' disease and basic fibroblast growth factor

✍ Scribed by M. BHUSHAN; S. KUMAR; C.E.M. GRIFFITHS

• Book ID: 104458488
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 945 KB
• Volume: 137
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-0963
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.18691938.x

✦ Synopsis

We report a patient with multiple glomus tumours and Coats' disease of the retina, an association not previously described. We discuss the possible pathogenesis of these conditions in view of the finding of elevated serum levels of basic fibroblast growth factor.