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Facial palsy after glomus tumour embolization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Rory C. D. Herdman*
Affiliation:
University Departments of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL.
James E. Gillespie
Affiliation:
University Departments of Neuroradiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL.
Richard T. Ramsden
Affiliation:
University Departments of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL.
*
Rory C. D. Herdman, F.R.C.S., ENT Department, Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 5AN.
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Abstract

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A case is presented of a patient undergoing pre-operative embolization of a glomus tumour who developed a facial palsy one hour after embolization. At the time of surgery it was found to be due to the embolization material (polyvinyl alcohol foam) blocking the stylomastoid artery. The blood supply of glomus tumours and the variations in the blood supply of the facial nerve are discussed.

Type
Radiology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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