Surgery for glomus tumors at the skull base.
Glomus tumors of the temporal bone frequently involve the skull base. In the present study, 34% of the tumors occurred with cranial nerve palsies and 15% invaded the CNS. The procedure for surgical resection of glomus tumors of the skull base is described. Results of the procedure included successful surgical resection of 80% of the glomus jugulare tumors and of 94% of the glomus tympanicum tumors. Tumor recurrence and persistence occurred only in the patients with CNS invasion.
D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000601:surgery; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000601:surgery*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed