Vagal Paraganglioma
- 21 August 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base
- Vol. 16 (03), 161-167
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-949519
Abstract
Objectives: To report the outcomes of surgical treatment of vagal paragangliomas and to define a management protocol. Design: A retrospective case series. Patients and methods: Sixteen consecutive patients with vagal paragangliomas managed by surgical resection using a cervicoparotid approach and pericapsular dissection using microsurgical techniques between 1990 and 2003. Results: All patients either had or developed a vagal palsy. Additional cranial nerve deficits were sustained in 8 patients. No patients died as a result of surgery or from their disease. Conclusions: The technique used and described in this article allowed adequate exposure of the retrostyloid parapharyngeal space for the safe removal of all vagal tumors in this series. Careful consideration must be given to the likely natural progression of these tumors before committing to surgical resection. This is particularly important in patients with multifocal disease.Keywords
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