[Treatment of operation of carotid body tumor and glomus jugular tumor].
OBJECTIVE
To study the clinical characteristics and outline of surgery for carotid body tumor and glomus jugular tumor.


METHODS
Incisions of anterior border of sterno-mastoid muscle was made for simple carotid body tumor. A big S shape incisions and infratemporal fossa approach were employed which exposure the jugular foramen and apex of petrous for glomus jugular tumor or suffered carotid body tumor and glomus jugular tumor simultaneously in same side.


RESULTS
Five cases of carotid body tumor were removed thoroughly and the internal carotid artery were intact reserved. In 5 cases of glomus jugular tumor 3 cases were removed thoroughly, other 2 cases of glomus jugular tumor were palliative operation, the remnant tumor have not increased in size after 1 to 3 years follow up.


CONCLUSIONS
Chemodectoma have some genetic characteristic. Surgical intervention is the cardinal method of treatment.
D000328:Adult; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged