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Glomus tympanicum and Glomus jugulare, also known as jugulotympanic paraganglioma: Both commonly present as a middle ear mass resulting in tinnitus (in 80%) and hearing loss (in 60%). The cranial nerves of the jugular foramen may be compressed, resulting swallowing difficulty, or ipsilateral weakness of the upper trapezius and ...
A glomus tumor (also known as a "solitary glomus tumor" [1]) is a rare neoplasm arising from the glomus body and mainly found under the nail, on the fingertip or in the foot. [2]: 670 They account for less than 2% of all soft tissue tumors. [3] The majority of glomus tumors are benign, but they can also show malignant features. [4]
Glomus jugulare tumor: A glomus jugulare tumor is a tumor of the part of the temporal bone in the skull that involves the middle and inner ear structures. This tumor can affect the ear, upper neck, base of the skull, and the surrounding blood vessels and nerves. A glomus jugulare tumor grows in the temporal bone of the skull, in an area called ...
glomus tumor: Relief of pain at tumor site upon vascular occlusion of limb, with acute return of pain on reperfusion Hippocratic face: Hippocrates: palliative care: impending death: Hippocratic fingers: Hippocrates: pulmonary medicine: chronic hypoxia: clubbing of distal phalanges Hirschberg test: Julius Hirschberg: ophthalmology: strabismus
Meningioma, a tumor of the meninges or membranes that surround the nerves passing through the CPA; Cerebellar astrocytoma, a malignant tumor of star-shaped glial cells called astrocytes in the cerebellum; Intracranial epidermoid cyst; Lipoma; Glomus jugulare associated with the glossopharyngeal nerve; Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis [3]
Squamous cell carcinoma* is a malignant tumor in dogs that most commonly occurs in the oral cavity, including the tongue, tonsils, and gingiva. Squamous cell carcinoma accounts for 5 percent of skin tumors in dogs, and are the most common tumor of the toe. Dogs with unpigmented skin on the nose may develop this cancer from long-term sun exposure.
This nerve may be involved by the glomus jugulare tumour. Laryngeal cancer can present with pain behind the ear and in the ear - this is a referred pain through the vagus nerve to the nerve of Arnold. In a small portion of individuals, the auricular nerve is the afferent limb of the Ear-Cough or Arnold Reflex. [3]
Glomus (Latin for 'ball of thread or yarn') can refer to: Glomus; Glomus tumor; Coccygeal glomus; Carotid glomus, another name for the carotid body; Glomus cell; Glomerulus, an anatomical term meaning "small ball"