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Glomus tympanicum

Known as: glomus jugular, Glomus jugulare, Jugular body 
A highly vascular ovoid body of chemoreceptive tissue lying adjacent to the TYMPANIC CAVITY. It is derived from NEURAL CREST tissue and is considered… 
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Blood supply aspectsGlomus jugulareMicrobiologicalParaganglia structure

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2019
2019
Glomus tympanicum type III- with delayed postoperative facial palsy: our experience
Glomus tympanicum is a very rare, benign, locally invasive and slow growing vascular tumor of the middle ear. It is a second most… 
2010
2010
Role of Otoendoscopy in the Management of Glomus Tympanicum
Background. Glomus Tympanicum is the commonest middle ear neoplasm. Total removal through conservative middle-ear surgery is the… 
2009
2009
Glomus tympanicum. Its occurrence in man and its relation to middle ear tumours of carotid body type.
2005
2005
Glomus tympanicum: Case report -
A 65 year-old woman presented to our clinic with tinnitus, hearing loss and aural fullness. Preoperatively, she was evaluated… 
1997
1997
[Extramedullary plasmacytoma--manifestation in petrous bone].
BACKGROUND Extramedullary plasmocytoma of the temporal bone is a rare neoplastic disorder. Only a very few cases are described in… 
1991
1991
Radiological features of glomus tympanicum and glomus jugulare.
1984
1984
[High-resolution and dynamic computed tomography in the diagnosis of glomus tympanicum and glomus jugulare tumors].
In order to differentiate residual or recurrent tumour from scar tissue, high resolution computer tomography was combined with… 
1978
1978
Chemodectomas of the carotid body and glomus tympanicum. Sequential occurrence in sisters.
CHEMODECTOMA of the carotid body is uncommon; fewer than 550 cases have been reported. A familial tendency toward development of… 
1972
1972
Glomus tympanicum tumours: Early diagnosis by arteriography
SummaryWhereas the arteriographic picture of glomus jugulare tumours is wellknown, that of glomus tympanicum tumours is less… 
1952
1952
Glomus jugularis tumor of the middle ear; carotid body tumor, tympanic body tumor, nonchromaffin paraganglioma.