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Abstract
A rare PARAGANGLIOMA involving the GLOMUS TYMPANICUM, a collection of chemoreceptor tissue adjacent to the TYMPANIC CAVITY. It can cause TINNITUS and conductive hearing loss (HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE).
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- Glomus Tympanicum Tumors
- Tumor, Glomus Tympanicum
- Tumors, Glomus Tympanicum
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coord IM with EAR NEOPLASMS (IM)
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History Note
2004
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Previous Indexing
- Glomus Tumor (1974-2003)
- Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal (1970-2003)
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- National Library of Medicine. Glomus Tympanicum Tumor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D043604. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D043604
- Glomus Tympanicum Tumor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54931036