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- Title
Should Gamma Knife be Offered as a Primary Treatment for a Resectable Glomus Jugulare Tumor?
- Authors
Morwani, K. P.; Jayashankar, Narayan; Sankhla, Suresh; Kakkar, Vikas
- Abstract
Attempted total resections is the preferred treatment option in the management of glomus jugulare tumors in most subjects. In the elderly patients, it may be advisable to leave a tiny residue over the involved cranial nerve to preserve function. In a medically unfit and anesthetically high-risk subject observation with serial MRI scans is the preferred line of management. If in such a patient there occurs brainstem compression, it is prudent to only operate the intracranial part to relieve the compression explaining the very high-risk in this group. Radiotherapy is not to be offered as a primary treatment for glomus jugulare tumors.
- Subjects
RADIOSURGERY; GLOMUS jugulare tumors; SURGICAL excision; CRANIAL nerves; MAGNETIC resonance imaging equipment; NONCHROMAFFIN paraganglioma; FACIAL paralysis
- Publication
Otorhinolaryngology Clinics: An International Journal, 2011, Vol 3, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
0975-444X
- Publication type
Case Study