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Neurologic implications of glomus tumors in the head and neck
Author(s) -
Spector Gershon J.,
Gado Mokhtar,
Ciralsky Robert,
Ogura Joseph H.,
Maisel Robert H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197508000-00016
Subject(s) - jugular foramen , hypoglossal nerve , medicine , incidence (geometry) , glomus tumor , paralysis , cranial nerves , head and neck , posterior cranial fossa , surgery , anatomy , skull , pathology , tongue , physics , optics
Seventy‐six patients with glomus tumors were evaluated. The incidence of cranial nerve paralysis is 37 percent and the incidence of intracranial extension is 14.6 percent. Jugular foramen syndrome is associated with 50 percent, and hypoglossal nerve involvement with 75 percent incidence of posterior fossa extension. Horner's syndrome is associated with 50 percent of middle cranial fossa invasion. The incidence of CNS tumor involvement with cranial nerve paralysis (not including VIIth nerve) is 52 percent.