Commentary: Complex tumors of the glomus jugulare: criteria, treatment, and outcome.

Case report of glomus jugulare tumour associated with a posterior fossa cyst

“…Advances in neuroimaging, skull base techniques, embolisation, anaesthesia and post-operative care have improved both our ability to excise these tumours, and patients' outcomes 2 – 5 . A subgroup of complex glomus jugulare tumours includes: multiple, giant or neuropeptide-secreting lesions; those associated with other lesions, such as dural arterio-venous malformation or an adrenal tumour; and tumours in which there has been previous treatment with adverse outcome 6 . We performed a literature search using Medline through PubMed (1950–2007) and Ovid (1958–2007), searching for similar cases using the search term ‘glomus jugulare’.…”