Author/Authors :
Hamdan, Abdul-Latif American University of Beirut Medical Center - Department of Otolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery, Lebanon , Sabra, Omar American University of Beirut Medical Center - Department of Otolaryngology, Head neck Surgery, Lebanon , Rameh, Charbel American University of Beirut Medical Center - Department of Otolaryngology, Head neck Surgery, Lebanon , Fuleihan, Nabil American University of Beirut Medical Center - Department of Otolaryngology, Head neck Surgery, Lebanon
Abstract :
Glomus tumors, also called paragangliomas or chemodectomas, are highly vascularized benign tumors that arise from cells derived from the primitive neural crest. Unlike the chromaffineparagangliomas of the abdomen and chest, paragangliomas of the head and neck are usually inactive. They occur most commonly at the carotid bifurcation (carotid body tumors), followedby the jugular bulb (glomus jugulare) and vagus (glomus vagale)1. The authors of this manuscript would like to present a rare case of glomus vagale with emphasis on the radiologioc findings.
