Angioinvasive nonchromaffin paraganglioma of the glomus jugulare

Tumour of Glomus Jugulare

“…Recently (April, i960), follow up examination of the same case showed congestion of the neck veins denoting invasion of the jugular vein by the tumour. Angio-invasiveness has been previously reported in nine cases with intracranial extension in six of them (Shreekumar and Rosenbluth, 1959). The vessels invaded were the jugular vein, the sigmoid sinus, the transverse sinus, the petrosal sinus and the cavernous sinus.…”

“…paralysis appearing fifteen months after the onset of otological symptoms. In a very recent case reported by Shreekumar and Rosenbluth, 1959, neurological signs other than VHIth and Vllth nerve palsies, occurred in a period of less than three months after the onset of aural symptoms. The variation in the clinical picture seems to depend on the origin of the tumour.…”