title: Glomus vagale tumors.
abstract: Eighteen patients with glomus vagale tumors treated by surgical resection are reviewed. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are diagnostic. Arteriography is used to determine multicentric tumors. The incidence of multicentric tumors in this series was 40%. Adequate surgical exposure is necessary for removal of the tumor without injury to the carotid artery. Vagal paralysis was present in all cases postoperatively and resulted in dysphagia and aspiration. Cricopharyngeal myotomy and Teflon injection aided in rehabilitation of deglutition. Curability with surgery is high, but radiation therapy is recommended in selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Biller
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Som
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D061223:Vagus Nerve Injuries