Coccygeal glomus

Coccygeal glomus
File:Gray1187.png 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.
Details
Latin	glomus coccygeum
Artery	median sacral artery
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	g_07/12394809
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Anatomical terminology [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The coccygeal glomus (coccygeal gland or body; Luschka’s gland) is a vestigial structure 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.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)