A glomus jugulare tumor is a tumor within the skull cavity. The area of the skull affected by this type of tumor is called the jugular foramen. The jugular foramen is on the temporal bone.

Glomus jugulare tumors are rare lesions accounting for approximately 0.6% of head and neck tumors (Greenberg, 2001) and arise from paraganglion cells in the area of the jugular bulb, typically ...

Figure 1. Axial imaging of glomus jugulare and treatment planning. A. T1W MRI with contrast. B. 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT. C. MRI-PET fusion. D. Gamma knife radiation dose distribution. Image created ...

Glomus jugulare tumors are a very rare form of paraganglioma, a type of neuroendocrine tumor. They affect approximately 0.07 per 100,000 people. This is around 1 case per 1.3 million people.

A paraganglioma of the glomus-jugulare region secreted norepinephrine and produced episodes of short-lived headache and palpitation similar to those seen in pheochromocytoma. The preoperative ...

1,2 In addition, a tumor of the glomus jugulare complex — which includes glomera in the adventitia of the jugular bulb, those along the auricular branch of the vagus nerve and the tympanic ...

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Paragangliomas may also be known by these names: Carotid body tumors Pheochromocytomas Glomus jugulare Extra-adrenal paragangliomas Experts recommend all people with paragangliomas get genetic testing ...

Glomus jugulare tumors present unique challenges due to multiple lower cranial nerve involvement, combined with ability to hypersecrete catecholamines and predilection to embolize intraoperatively.