[Treatment of operation of carotid body tumor and glomus jugular tumor]

Department of Otolaryngology, Zhujiang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510282.

OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical characteristics and outline of surgery for carotid body tumor and glomus jugular tumor. METHOD: Incisions of anterior border of sterno-mastoid muscle was made for simple carotid body tumor. A big S shape incisions and infratemporal fossa approach were employed which exposure the jugular foramen and apex of petrous for glomus jugular tumor or suffered carotid body tumor and glomus jugular tumor simultaneously in same side. RESULT: Five cases of carotid body tumor were removed thoroughly and the internal carotid artery were intact reserved. In 5 cases of glomus jugular tumor 3 cases were removed thoroughly, other 2 cases of glomus jugular tumor were palliative operation, the remnant tumor have not increased in size after 1 to 3 years follow up. CONCLUSION: Chemodectoma have some genetic characteristic. Surgical intervention is the cardinal method of treatment.

PMID: 14503370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]