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In 1878 Krause F demonstrated that the small structure described previously by Valentin G in 1840, as gangliolum tympanicum part of the tympanic nerve, was not a ganglion but a vascular tissue resembling the carotid body. In 1926 De Castro F discovered the chemoreceptor function of the carotid bodies. During the American Association of Anatomists meeting in 1941, in Chicago, Guild SR described the glomus tissue as an ovoid body flattened in the adventitia of the dome of the jugular bulb, and called these bodies of glomus jugulare. Approximately 25 % of these bodies were found over the course of the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (Jacobson’s nerve) and 25 % were found throughout the auricular branch of the vagus nerve (Arnold’s nerve). In 1945 Rosenwasser H published the first description of a paraganglioma of the middle ear and associated these tumors with the glomus jugulare bodies and the designation of glomus jugulare tumors was first mentioned in 1949 by Lattes R and Walter JC. The diagnosis and treatment of these tumors has evolved over the years and different surgical techniques have been developed.

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Ramina, R., Tatagiba, M.S. (2017). Historical Aspects. In: Tumors of the Jugular Foramen. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43368-4_2

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