Glomus Tumor of the Middle Ear: Origin, Symptomatology, and Treatment

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene W. Bratt ◽  
Fred H. Bess ◽  
Gale W. Miller ◽  
Michael E. Glasscock
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ear ◽  
Medical Management ◽  
Glomus Tumor ◽  
Current Medical ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Developmental Courses ◽  
Clinical Cases

The glomus tumor is considered to be the most common of all tumors that involve the middle ear. This report defines the glomus tumor and discusses the symptomatology of the tumor with respect to the various developmental courses it may follow. Forty clinical cases of glomus tumor are reviewed, with emphasis upon the incidence of the tumor and its symptoms, including the audiological manifestations noted in this series of cases. Current medical management of the glomus tumor recommends surgical removal of the lesion when possible; however, irradiation and embolization of the tumor may also be considered when its invasion into surrounding structures has been extensive. The pathology and its treatment may have marked temporary or permanent effects upon the hearing of the patient, and the importance of ongoing audiological management is therefore emphasized.

Medical management of eosinophilic meningitis following bovine graft duraplasty for Chiari malformation Type I repair

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam P. Ostendorf ◽  
Anne M. Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Corticosteroid Therapy ◽  
Medical Management ◽  
Chiari Malformation ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Bovine Pericardium ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Type I ◽  
Eosinophilic Meningitis ◽  
Chiari Malformation Type I

Eosinophilic meningitis is a known complication of duraplasty, including that using bovine tissues. Previous authors have relied on surgical removal of the graft for treatment. Authors of the present report describe a 7-year-old girl with eosinophilic meningitis following duraplasty with a bovine pericardium graft who was successfully treated using corticosteroid therapy alone.

scholarly journals Recurrent glomangioma (“true” glomus tumor) of the middle ear and mastoid

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 175-179
Author(s):  
Adam C. Kaufman ◽  
Jason A. Brant ◽  
Neil N. Luu ◽  
Virginia A. LiVolsi ◽  
Douglas C. Bigelow
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ear ◽  
Glomus Tumor

Surgery on “Only-Hearing” Ears with Chronic Suppurative Middle Ear Disease

1973 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Gacek
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Middle Ear ◽  
Chronic Otitis Media ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Conductive Loss ◽  
Middle Ear Disease

Since the risk of sensorineural hearing loss from persistent chronic otitis media and mastoiditis is greater than the risk to loss of labyrinthine function from carefully performed surgery, it is felt that the best treatment for chronic suppurative middle ear disease in an only-hearing ear is surgical removal of disease. Between the years 1961 to 1970 14 cases of chronic otitis media and mastoiditis in only-hearing ears were treated surgically at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Five cases presented with resistant foul otorrhea, while five patients presented with increasing hearing loss and four with vertigo. The patients with hearing loss and vertigo were subjected to surgery at the earliest possible date. Wide-field surgical exposure of the mastoid and middle ear spaces with thorough removal of diseased tissue was carried out. Particular attention to avoid injury to the labyrinth, either directly or indirectly, must be kept in mind and it is recommended that surgery in only-hearing ears be performed by only the most experienced and capable otologic surgeon. All 14 ears have remained dry after surgery. Hearing was significantly improved in ten cases, while two were unchanged and two were made worse, as regards the conductive loss only. In all 14 cases postoperative discrimination scores were normal, so that even those cases that did not achieve serviceable hearing levels from surgery were able to use amplification. The results in this series confirm the feeling that carefully performed and timed surgery is effective in controlling chronic suppurative disease, while preserving function in only-hearing ears.

Intestinal Obstruction Caused by Taenia taeniaeformis Infection in a Cat

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebbecca S. Wilcox ◽  
Dwight D. Bowman ◽  
Stephen C. Barr ◽  
James M. Euclid
Keyword(s):  
Intestinal Obstruction ◽  
Medical Management ◽  
Clinical Status ◽  
Acute Intestinal Obstruction ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Small Intestinal Obstruction ◽  
Small Intestinal ◽  
Taenia Taeniaeformis ◽  
First Time

An adult domestic shorthair (DSH) cat was presented with acute vomiting, anorexia, lethargy, and dyspnea. The cat’s clinical status worsened over 24 hours with conservative medical management. An exploratory celiotomy was performed. Acute intestinal obstruction resulting from infection with Taenia (T.) taeniaeformis was diagnosed. Surgical removal of the cestodes via multiple enterotomies resolved the obstruction. This paper reports, for the first time, small intestinal obstruction caused by T. taeniaeformis infection in a cat.

Mould constituents in the middle ear, a hearing-aid complication

2000 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Hof ◽  
B. Kremer ◽  
J. J. Manni
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Middle Ear ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Moulding Material

During the placement of a mould for a hearing-aid by a hearing-aid dispenser, moulding material entered the middle ear through pre-existent perforations in the tympanic membrane in both ears. Besides hearing loss, there were no other symptoms. Surgical removal of the moulding material by tympanotomy was necessary, and was complicated by encirclement of the ossicles by the material. All the material could be removed and the hearing was saved. Recommendations for an improved procedure of mould-making are made including more detailed information of the otoscopic findings at the prescriptions for hearing-aid moulds.

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