The underside region of the temporal bone in the skull contains many nerve bundles with glomus cells. Tumors that grow in this area are called glomus jugulare tumors because they form at the top ...

Successful resection of glomus jugulare tumors requires an extensive battery ... and swallowing evaluation is recommended as vagal nerve involvement increases aspiration risk.

1,2 In addition, a tumor of the glomus jugulare complex ... association with the fibers of the vagus nerve, in Case 1 the ganglion nodosum escaped involvement, thanks to its unusually low ...

A paraganglioma of the glomus ... involvement of the jugular foramen; only later was there a demonstrable cervical component that extended along the vagus nerve. Such a distribution of tumor ...

Glomus jugulare ... tumor that causes a person to experience symptoms may require surgery. Surgery may cause complications, which can lead to permanent neurological issues. Neurons are specialized ...

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A paraganglioma (also known as an extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma) is a tumor that develops in certain nerve cells located ... location in the body. A glomus jugulare tumor is a type of ...

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 ...

A new case report was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on October 11, 2024, entitled "Complete response to encorafenib plus binimetinib in a BRAF V600E-mutant metastasic malignant glomus tumor." ...

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