Postoperative radiographic evaluation after acoustic neuroma and glomus jugulare tumor removal.

Abstract

The role of postoperative radiographic follow-up of patients after acoustic neuroma or glomus jugulare tumor removal is unclear and not standardized. The incidence of both lesions is rare and recurrence thought to be unusual. However, a patient with an acoustic neuroma arising in the same ear afflicted with a glomus jugulare tumor removed 5 years earlier prompted a retrospective review of 999 acoustic neuroma and 98 glomus jugulare tumor patients. This review helps to determine the role and frequency of postoperative follow-up, not only to assess recurrence of these lesions but to monitor for the possible development of potential clinically silent new lesions.