Glomus tumor in pediatric age.
Glomus tumor of the middle ear and mastoid is exceedingly rare in children. This report details our management of a 13-year-old boy affected by tympanic glomus complicated by chronic middle ear infection that obscured the tumor. A review of the English literature revealed only 12 other patients suffering from glomus tumor in pediatric age. Diagnosis, therapy and the differential characteristics of pediatric glomus are discussed.
Magliulo
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ENT Department, University La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto 1-Rome, Italy.
Cristofari
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Terranova
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D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence