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An unusual complication of glomus jugulare tumour resection: a case report and literature review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

R. Vowles ,
N. Mendoza ,
A. Cheesman  and
L. Symon
R. Vowles
Affiliation:
Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG.
N. Mendoza
Affiliation:
Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG.
A. Cheesman
Affiliation:
Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG.
L. Symon*
Affiliation:
Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG.
*
Professor L. Symon, C.B.E., T.D., F.R.C.S., Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG.
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Abstract

A 47-year-old man presented, in 1990, with a short history of left-sided cerebellar ataxia. In 1986 he had undergone excision of a glomus jugulare tumour. A magnetic resonance (MRI) scan demonstrated cerebellar herniation through a defect in his skull base. Surgical repair was undertaken with resolution of his symptoms.

Keywords

Glomus jugulare tumourNeurosurgeryPost-operative complications
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 9 , September 1994 , pp. 776 - 778
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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