Extensive calcification in a tumor of the glomus jugulare.
Extensive calcification in the intracranial portion of a glomus jugulare tumor is reported. This finding has not been reported previously in the literature. The patient probably was afflicted with this process for many years and presented with a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The combination of this tumor with subarachnoid hemorrhage is rare.
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000150:complications*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray