Vertigo as the sole complaint of tympanomastoid paraganglioma  

作　　者：Xi-Xing Li Wei-Na Cui Guo-Dong Gao 

机构地区：[1]Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University,Shijiazhuang,China [2]Department of Medical Radiology,The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University,Shijiazhuang,China

出　　处：《Journal of Otology》2020年第1期33-35,共3页中华耳科学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Background: Tympanomastoid paragangliomas are usually benign, slowly growing, painless tumors. The common presenting symptoms of this tumor are pulsatile tinnitus and conductive hearing loss. Vertigo as the cardinal or initial symptom is extremely rare, especially in the early stages of the disease.Case presentation: A 53-year-old female patient presented only with intermittent recurrent vertigo and was later found to have a tympanomastoid paraganglioma. Her symptoms disappeared completely after resection of the tumor. This is the first report in literature of a case of tympanomastoid paraganglioma with vertigo as the single symptom.Conclusion: The tympanomastoid paraganglioma is rare and its clinical symptoms are nonspecific, so it is easy to be misdiagnosed or missed. It is worth noting that although clinically uncommon, vertigo can also be the first or sole symptom of tympanomastoid paraganglioma. Detailed physical examination and imaging examination of the ear are necessary and should be carried out meticulously.Background: Tympanomastoid paragangliomas are usually benign, slowly growing, painless tumors. The common presenting symptoms of this tumor are pulsatile tinnitus and conductive hearing loss. Vertigo as the cardinal or initial symptom is extremely rare, especially in the early stages of the disease.Case presentation: A 53-year-old female patient presented only with intermittent recurrent vertigo and was later found to have a tympanomastoid paraganglioma. Her symptoms disappeared completely after resection of the tumor. This is the first report in literature of a case of tympanomastoid paraganglioma with vertigo as the single symptom.Conclusion: The tympanomastoid paraganglioma is rare and its clinical symptoms are nonspecific, so it is easy to be misdiagnosed or missed. It is worth noting that although clinically uncommon, vertigo can also be the first or sole symptom of tympanomastoid paraganglioma. Detailed physical examination and imaging examination of the ear are necessary and should be carried out meticulously.

关 键 词：PARAGANGLIOMA Glomus tympanicum VERTIGO Tympanomastoid 

分 类 号：R764[医药卫生—耳鼻咽喉科]