Unusual presentation of a giant glomus tumor.

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Madras ENT Research Foundation, No. 15, P. S. Sivasamy Salai Mylapore, Chennai-600004 Tamil Nadu, India.

Published: July 2003

Giant glomus tumors pose a challenge to the Otologist by virtue of their location and vascularity. A vast majority of them present with tinnitus, conductive hearing loss and cranial nerve palsies. We report the case of a 16-year-old male patient who presented with sudden right-sided sensorineural hearing loss. This is an unusual presentation of a giant glomus tumor. We present the clinical features and management of this unusual case.

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