Glomus tumors.

Usman Rafique; Nadeem-Ul-Haq; Syed Ali Zul-Hasnain; Kamran Zamurad Malik

Author(s)

Usman Rafique Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Okara, Pakistan

Nadeem-Ul-Haq Department of ENT, PNS Shifa (Naval Hospital ), Karachi, Pakistan

Syed Ali Zul-Hasnain Department of Radiology, Combined Military Hospital, Gilgit, Pakistan

Kamran Zamurad Malik Department of ENT, Combined Military Hospital, Hyderabad, Pakistan

Abstract

To study the age/sex incidence of patients suffering from glomus tumours of the temporal bone. 2. To see various clinical presentations with which these tumours present and their variation according to the age and sex. Design: Our study design was non-inter-ventional descriptive. Settings: This study was performe d at CMH Rawalpindi and Multan from January 2000 to June 2002. Subjects: We included ten patients of glomus tumours of the temporal bone in our study. 8 out of these were females and two were males. Though most of the patients belonged to middle age group yet few were also from the younger and older groups. Interventions: All the patients underwent CT scan with and without contrast, MRI of the requisite site and carotid angiography. Results: We found that these tumours were predominantly present in females, mostly in the middle age group. Individual symptoms were studied in detail and their presence was found to be directly proportional to the increasing age of patients. Conclusion: It is concluded that due to the slow growth of this tumour the diagnosis is often delayed until it is extensive. Therefore clinicians should be more vigilant about this rare disease and must keep it in their differentials.

Publication Details

Page(s) 567-572

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Published Journal: Professional Medical Journal, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Year: 2007

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