Abstract

Glomus tumor is a vascular tumor originating from the arterial segment of the glomus body. This formation is rarely seen in the oral cavity and buccal mucosa and can be mixed with benign and malignant mucosal lesions. Histopathological evaluation of the biopsy taken from a 54 year-old patient who presented with a painful white lesion in the buccal mucosa was reported to be a glomus tumor. For treatment of this tumor, total mass excision was performed and reconstruction was performed with a split-thickness skin graft obtained from the skin of the lower extremity. No recurrence was observed during one year of follow-up. A glomus tumor rarely seen in this localization is presented here in light of literature findings.