A plastic surgeon in the UAE has identified the cause of a six-year-long arm pain in an Indian patient and successfully treated him. The patient had severe arm pain for six years and consulted many doctors in India, the USA, and the UK. Despite undergoing about 25 CT scans and 14 MRI scans, experts, including neurologists, neurosurgeons, vascular surgeons, and orthopedics, were unable to diagnose his condition. The breakthrough came when a neurosurgeon referred him to a plastic surgeon in the UAE.
Although he was skeptical about consulting a plastic surgeon for his arm pain, he visited him. The plastic surgeon discussed the patient’s condition with a radiologist, and they determined to have an MRI scan. The scan revealed a 6mm glomus tumor in the patient’s right arm. According to the plastic surgeon, the glomus tumor had likely progressed slowly over the years, causing pain while…
