title: Multiple familial facial glomus: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Facial paraganglioma is an extremely rare tumor that originates from abnormal paraganglionic tissue situated in the intrapetrous facial canal. A review of the English-language literature shows that only 8 cases of facial nerve paraganglioma have been published. In each case the facial glomus presented itself sporadically, completely independent of any other form of paraganglioma. This study reports an intrapetrous facial glomus that occurred in a case of multiple paragangliomas with a hereditary pattern. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such a combination.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magliulo
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parnasi
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Savastano
authors.forename: Raffaello
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: D'Amico
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romeo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005154:Facial Nerve; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree