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ArticleCureus2024

A Rare Differential of Epistaxis.

Inemesit Akpan, Ijeoma Orabueze, Uwagbae Ibizugbe, Ghida Akhdar, Walter Y Agyeman

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Inemesit AkpanInternal Medicine, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Georgia, USA.
Ijeoma OrabuezeInternal Medicine, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, USA.
Uwagbae IbizugbeRadiology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, USA.
Ghida AkhdarInternal Medicine, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Georgia, USA.
Walter Y AgyemanInternal Medicine, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Georgia, USA.

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Abstract

Glomus tympanicum is a type of glomus tumor that affects the middle ear, located at the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. Glomus tumors, in general, are rare, slow-growing tumors and may not require surgery in some patients. It can be challenging to manage due to its hypervascularity, location, and advanced stage of diagnosis. Although glomus tympanicum commonly presents with pulsatile tinnitus and conductive hearing loss, it presented in our patient with large-volume hemoptysis and epistaxis, requiring urgent diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. We highlight the unique presentation of a 48-year-old female with sudden onset large-volume hemoptysis and epistaxis, leading to the discovery of a hypervascular glomus tympanicum in the right middle ear, identified via MRI. On arrival, her vitals were within normal limits, and a physical examination was pertinent for the obvious ongoing bleeding from her mouth. The examination revealed increased respiratory effort and bilateral crackles. Laboratory values were pertinent for hemoglobin of 11.8 g/dl. Ear

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acute hemoptysisepistaxisglomus tympanicummiddle earmiddle ear tumorsparaganglioma

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PMID38854207
PMCPMC11162251

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