A primary glomus tumour of the facial nerve canal.
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.
Waldron
M N H
MN
Department of Otolaryngology, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, UK.
Flood
L M
LM
Clifford
K
K
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