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A glomus vagale tumour presenting with acute left ventricular failure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Neil Riley  and
Robert Allison
Neil Riley
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Department, Christchurch Public Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
Robert Allison
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Department, Christchurch Public Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Abstract

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A glomus vagale is a rare lesion of paraganglionic cells in the vagal perineurium. Secretion of hormones by such a tumour is exceedingly uncommon, although associated metabolic processes have been demonstrated. Clinical effects of secretion reported previously have been minimal. We report a case where resistant hypertension was eventually found to be due to a secretory glomus vagale, and was greatly alleviated by removal of the lesion.

Keywords

ParagangliomaNeckHypertension
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 117 , Issue 8 , August 2003 , pp. 660 - 661
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003