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Review
. 2022 Feb;38(2):269-277.
doi: 10.1007/s00381-021-05397-0. Epub 2021 Oct 26.

Glomus jugulare in a pediatric patient: case report and literature review

Stephanie Naomi Funo de Souza  1 , Rodrigo Inácio Pongeluppi  1 , Rodrigo Augusto Monteiro Cardoso  1 , Daniel Giansante Abud  2 , Benedicto Oscar Colli  1 , Eduardo Tanaka Massuda  3 , Ricardo Santos de Oliveira  1
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Review

Glomus jugulare in a pediatric patient: case report and literature review

Stephanie Naomi Funo de Souza et al. Childs Nerv Syst. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Purpose: The jugular and tympanic glomus are rare neoplasms in the general population, being even more uncommon in the pediatric population. There is considerable morbidity associated with both disease and treatment. Treatment is essentially surgical, carried out in recent years in a multidisciplinary manner using preoperative embolization associated with microsurgery and eventually adjuvant radiotherapy. The outcome depends on the location of the lesion and its proximity to noble structures in addition to multidisciplinary monitoring in the postoperative period.

Methods: In this article, a literature review was carried out in the PubMed database, finding reports from 17 patients diagnosed with the disease. Only articles in English were considered.

Results: Moreover, we reported a case of a 14-year-old patient diagnosed with jugulotympanic glomus who underwent radical surgical treatment of the lesion.

Conclusion: This is a rare case of jugulotympanic glomus in a pediatric patient, who underwent surgical treatment associated with multidisciplinary therapy, with a favorable postoperative outcome.

Keywords: Glomus jugulare; Glomus tympanicum; Paragangliomas; Pediatrics.

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