- glomus vagale tumor
- a chemodectoma of a glomus vagale. Those along the auricular branch of the nerve often cause vocal cord paralysis with subsequent tinnitus and deafness.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
glomus vagale tumor
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glomus vagale — a glomus along the vagus nerve. See also glomus vagale tumor, under tumor … Medical dictionary
chemodectoma — Aortic body, carotid body, chemoreceptor, or glomus jugulare tumor; nonchromaffin paraganglioma; receptoma; a relatively rare, usually benign neoplasm originating in the chemoreceptor tissue of the … Medical dictionary
