Postoperative radiographic evaluation after acoustic neuroma and glomus jugulare tumor removal.
The role of postoperative radiographic follow-up of patients after acoustic neuroma or glomus jugulare tumor removal is unclear and not standardized. The incidence of both lesions is rare and recurrence thought to be unusual. However, a patient with an acoustic neuroma arising in the same ear afflicted with a glomus jugulare tumor removed 5 years earlier prompted a retrospective review of 999 acoustic neuroma and 98 glomus jugulare tumor patients. This review helps to determine the role and frequency of postoperative follow-up, not only to assess recurrence of these lesions but to monitor for the possible development of potential clinically silent new lesions.
Thedinger
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Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE 68131.
Glasscock
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Cueva
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Jackson
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed