Epistaxis as a rare presenting feature of glomus tympanicum.
Glomus tumours are the most common primary neoplasms of the middle ear, typically benign and slowly progressive. Pulsatile tinnitus and ipsilateral hearing loss are the most common symptoms at presentation by far; otalgia, aural fullness and otorrhoea being less frequent. A case of primary glomus tympanicum presenting with recurrent epistaxis, previously unreported in the literature, is described and associated imaging presented.
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Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, UK. tarantatla@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology*; D005064:Eustachian Tube; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010234:Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed