RARE DISEASERESEARCH ATLAS

ORPHA:83454

Glomuvenous malformation

high confidenceDisorder

Also known as: Glomangiomatosis · Hereditary multiple glomangiomas · Multiple glomus tumors · VMGLOM · Venous malformations with glomus cells

Publications

473

79.3th percentile

Trials

0

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

969

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

GLMN

Definitive

Readiness

2/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

A rare vascular anomaly or angioma characterized by the presence of small, multifocal bluish-purple venous lesions mainly involving the skin.

How rare: How common this is has not been clearly measured.

Orphanet entry

Cross-references

Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.

Additional Mondo synonyms (6)

familial glomangioma · glomuvenous malformation · hereditary glomangioma · hereditary multiple glomangiomas · multiple glomus tumors · multiple glomus tumours

Research stages

Trial readiness signals

Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”

2/6 stages with a signal

No matched interventional trial; the gene is known and literature exists — preclinical or natural-history work may still be the practical next step.

  1. Gene identifiedPresent

    Definitive — GLMN

  2. LiteraturePresent

    473 matched papers (207 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO

  4. Animal modelNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance

  5. Orphan designationNot checked

    FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet

  6. Interventional trialNot found

    No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules

Biology

Genes and phenotypes

Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.

Do we know what causes it?

Yes — we know a specific gene responsible (GLMN).

GenCC classification: Definitive.

Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)

Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.

Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)

Not enriched in this build.

Literature

Is anyone studying this?

473

473 papers have ever been published on this condition (under this name). For scale, breast cancer has over 700,000. Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.

473 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).

207 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 79.3th percentile (publications denominator)

Phrase hits: 472 · MeSH hits: 1

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

969

Distinct author names in 200 sampled papers — named people below.

Who's working on it?

No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.

  1. 01
    Vikkula M8 papers · 2025

    Human Molecular Genetics, Christian de Duve Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Boon LM5 papers · 2023

    Center for Vascular Anomalies, Division of Plastic Surgery, University Clinics Saint-Luc, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; VASCERN VASCA European Reference Centre.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Mulliken JB5 papers · 2014
    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Brouillard P4 papers · 2013

    Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology and Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Liu Y4 papers · 2026

    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Baselga E3 papers · 2023

    Pediatric Dermatology, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain; VASCERN VASCA European Reference Centre.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Dompmartin A3 papers · 2023

    Dermatology Department CHU Caen Université Caen Normandie CHU Caen Côte nacre 14033 Caen Cedex, France.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Enjolras O3 papers · 2005
    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Happle R3 papers · 2023

    Servicio de Dermatología, Universidad de Friburgo, Friburgo, Alemania.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Jha A3 papers · 2021

    Department of Pathology, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine, Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.

    Papers in Europe PMC

Clinical research

Is a treatment being tested?

0

interventional trials for this specific condition

No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).

Data as of 27 July 2026

No matched interventional trials. This is true for 73% of diseases in the trials denominator (5114 of 7003). Here are the researchers publishing on it.

high confidence · 36.5th percentile (trials denominator)

Recruiting interventional trials

From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set

No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.

See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.

Where to find support

We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:

India — NPRD

Last verified 2026-07-26

This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.

Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.

How we counted this

Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.

"Glomuvenous malformation" OR "Glomangiomatosis" OR "Hereditary multiple glomangiomas" OR "Multiple glomus tumors" OR "VMGLOM" OR "Venous malformations with glomus cells" OR "familial glomangioma" OR "hereditary glomangioma" OR "multiple glomus tumours"

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MeSH descriptor terms unioned into the query: Glomus vagale tumors

ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):

"Glomuvenous malformation" OR "Glomangiomatosis" OR "Hereditary multiple glomangiomas" OR "Multiple glomus tumors" OR "VMGLOM" OR "Venous malformations with glomus cells" OR "familial glomangioma" OR "hereditary glomangioma" OR "multiple glomus tumours" OR "Glomus vagale tumors" OR "GLMN"

Recall-expansion terms: GLMN

Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.

Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase, mesh, recall-expansion; with hits: phrase, mesh

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Confidence reasoning

  • Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
  • No synonyms dropped by stoplist
  • No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus

Ingested 2026-07-27T02:36:24.067Z