Twenty-six patients with glomus jugulare (16), glomus tympanicum (three), or carotid glomus (seven) tumors were examined with contrast-enhanced CT scans and MR scans without and with Gd-DTPA. MR and CT scans had similar sensitivities, but the enhanced MR scans were diagnostically more specific than either CT or nonenhanced MR. Dynamic MR scanning permitted measurement of the degree of Gd-DTPA e...

Radiologic procedures used to evaluate patients with suspected glomus tumor have included plain skull radiography, temporal bone tomography, computed tomography, and cerebral angiography. Of these, only angiography has proven reliable as a screening procedure for small glomus tympanicum and jugulare tumors. Digital subtraction angiography was used as the initial examination for suspected paraga...

Hemangiomas, common benign vascular tumors, have been well reported in the head and neck region. They have rarely been reported in the ear. Ear involvement hemangiomas are usually seen in the together with external auditory channel and middle ear. We presented a 62-year-old woman of capillary promontory hemangioma which was mimicking as glomus tympanicum with a review of the literature.

Glomus tympanicum (GT) tumors are usually characterized by pulsatile tinnitus and hearing loss. We report on a woman 53 years of age who was diagnosed with a GT tumor within her right ear with no associated tinnitus or hearing loss on presentation. An early GT tumor without the characteristic symptoms is seldom encountered. Although several papers have dealt with GT tumor diagnosis and manageme...