Lower Cranial Nerves Compromise in Glomus Jugulare Tumors

Autor: Raimar Weber, Aldo Cassol Stamm, Evandro M. Silva, Gabriela R. Pascoto, Iulo Barauna, Adriano T. Kitice
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. 147
ISSN: 1097-6817
0194-5998
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812451426a277
Popis: Objective: Describe lower cranial nerve compromise (IX to XII) in preoperative and postoperative time of patients with glomus jugulare tumors trying to correlate the relationship with functional outcome with epidemiological variables (age, sex) or variables related to the tumor (extent, location, and relationship to the facial nerve and internal carotid artery).Method: Retrospective chart review of 53 patients with glomus jugulare submitted to surgical treatment. We searched for lower cranial nerve compromise (LCNC) in preoperative time and at initial PO (until 7 days), PO of 6 months and 1 year. Results of LCNF were compared with tumor aspects and epidemiological features.Results: The LCNC in preoperative time observed was IX (7/13, 21%), X (11/30, 19%), XI (7/13, 21%), and XII (11/20, 75%). All showed decreased function postoperatively as expected but also recovery with 1 year of PO. Vagus nerve (X) was the most affected at 12 months, showing some degree of symptoms in 23 patients (43.39%). There was no...
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