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Case Report

Bilateral Glomus Tympanicum Tumors: Human Temporalbone Study

by
Hisaki Fukushima
1,3,*,
Hirotaka Hara
1,
Michael M. Paparella
2,
Mohamed F. Oktay
3,
Patricia A. Schachern
3 and
Sebahattin Cureoglu
3
1
Department of Otolaryngology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
2
Paparella Ear Head & Neck Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA
3
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2018, 8(3), 1035; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2018.1035
Submission received: 19 October 2017 / Revised: 19 October 2017 / Accepted: 5 July 2018 / Published: 12 July 2018

Abstract

To describe human temporal bones with bilateral glomus tympanicum tumors. Patient is 83-year-old black female who no pulsatile tinnitus. The histopathologic characteristics of human temporal bones after death were setting Department of Otolaryngology of University of Minnesota in USA. Histopathologic observation of temporal bones showed bilateral small glomus tympanicum tumors limited to the promontory. Although there was bilateral tinnitus, there was no pulsatile tinnitus, no conductive hearing loss and both of the tympanic membranes were intact. Histopathologic observation of temporal bones after death showed bilateral glomus tympanicum tumors. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of bilateral glomus tympanicum tumors.
Keywords: glomus tympanicum tumor; human temporal bone; histopathology glomus tympanicum tumor; human temporal bone; histopathology

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Fukushima, H.; Hara, H.; Paparella, M.M.; Oktay, M.F.; Schachern, P.A.; Cureoglu, S. Bilateral Glomus Tympanicum Tumors: Human Temporalbone Study. Clin. Pract. 2018, 8, 1035. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2018.1035

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Fukushima H, Hara H, Paparella MM, Oktay MF, Schachern PA, Cureoglu S. Bilateral Glomus Tympanicum Tumors: Human Temporalbone Study. Clinics and Practice. 2018; 8(3):1035. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2018.1035

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Fukushima, Hisaki, Hirotaka Hara, Michael M. Paparella, Mohamed F. Oktay, Patricia A. Schachern, and Sebahattin Cureoglu. 2018. "Bilateral Glomus Tympanicum Tumors: Human Temporalbone Study" Clinics and Practice 8, no. 3: 1035. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2018.1035

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