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Multiple glomus tumours

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Dimitris G. Balatsouras ,
Panayotis N. Eliopoulos  and
Costas N. Economou
Dimitris G. Balatsouras*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Tzanion General Hospital of Piraeus, Greece.
Panayotis N. Eliopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Tzanion General Hospital of Piraeus, Greece.
Costas N. Economou
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Tzanion General Hospital of Piraeus, Greece.
*
Dimitris G. Balatsouras, 40-42 Charilaou Trikoupi, 18536 Piraeus, Greece.
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Abstract

A patient with multiple, synchronous, non-familial head and neck paragangliomas is reported. There were three primary neoplasms, a glomus tympanicum and glomus vagale on the right side and a glomus tumour of the carotid body on the left. Such a combination has never been reported previously.

The reports of all the series with paragangliomas in the literature, as well as the reports of single cases with multiple tumours during the last three decades, are reviewed. Specific problems in diagnosis and management of multiple glomus tumours are discussed.

Keywords

Paragangliomanonchromaffin
Type
Clinical Records
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 6 , June 1992 , pp. 538 - 543
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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