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The management of multiple paraganglioma of the head and neck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Hamish A. Sillars  and
Paul A. Fagan
Hamish A. Sillars
Affiliation:
(Sydney, Australia)
Paul A. Fagan*
Affiliation:
(Sydney, Australia)
*
Dr P. A. Fagan, 352 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia, Fax: (02) 360 5419
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Abstract

During the years 1984 to 1991, of 32 patients who had one large glomus or carotid body tumour, six were found to have other paragangliomas. Excluded from the above total of 32 are patients whose only lesion was a solitary glomus tympanicum. No two patients had identical problems and no pattern emerged on which patient management in any particular case could be based. The major problems associated with the tumours themselves and their treatment is the risk to hearing and the lower cranial nerves. Individual cases and their treatment are discussed.

Keywords

Paraganglioma
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 6 , June 1993 , pp. 538 - 542
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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