title: Chemodectoma of glomus jugulare.
abstract: A retrospective review of 17 patients with a diagnosis of chemodectomas of glomus jugulare is presented. The patients' age ranged from 32 to 63 years, with a female to make ratio of 4:1, with 14 females and 3 males. In the majority of the patients (15/17), the primary treatment was surgery, with 10/15 (70%) incidents of recurrence. Radiation therapy was used in 11 patients, in 7 for recurrence, in 2 as postoperative and in 2 as a primary therapy. The radiation dose ranged from 2200 to 5600 rad. The follow-up period ranged from 2 to 22 years. Sixteen patients were living with disease controlled at the last follow-up.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005924:Glomus Jugulare; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010234:Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies