Unusual Presentation of a Giant Glomus Tumor

Overview

Journal Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Publisher Springer

Date 2012 Nov 3

PMID 23119979

Citations 1

Authors

Mohan Kameshwaran

Kiran Natarajan

Anand Kumar

George Thomas

Sathiya Murali

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Abstract

Giant glomus tumors pose a challenge to the Otologist by virtue of their location and vascularity. A vast majority of them present with tinnitus, conductive hearing loss and cranial nerve palsies. We report the case of a 16-year-old male patient who presented with sudden right-sided sensorineural hearing loss. This is an unusual presentation of a giant glomus tumor. We present the clinical features and management of this unusual case.

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