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

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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.

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All the material is available in the medical records of the presented patients and the data bank used for the literature review.

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Abbreviations

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

CT:

Computed tomography

SRS:

Stereotactic radiosurgery

GTR:

Gross total resection

OAM:

Acute otitis media

IAC:

Internal acoustic meatus

ICA:

Internal carotid artery

FN:

Facial nerve

JF:

Jugular foramen

ME:

Middle ear

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, University Hospital, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, 14049-900, Brazil

    Stephanie Naomi Funo de Souza, Rodrigo Inácio Pongeluppi, Rodrigo Augusto Monteiro Cardoso, Benedicto Oscar Colli & Ricardo Santos de Oliveira

  2. Division of Interventional Radiology, University Hospital, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, 14049-900, Brazil

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  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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de Souza, S.N.F., Pongeluppi, R.I., Cardoso, R.A.M. et al. Glomus jugulare in a pediatric patient: case report and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst 38, 269–277 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05397-0

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