title: A primary glomus tumour of the facial nerve canal.
abstract: Glomus tumours can present in several sites in the head and neck. A red mass in the middle ear, visible on otoscopy generally indicates a glomus tympanicum or glomus jugulare. We present photographic and radiologic evidence of such a lesion arising from the course of the intra-tympanic facial nerve, the Fallopian canal, and review the differential diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: M N H
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Waldron
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Flood
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Clifford
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods