Biochemical and clinical responses after treatment of a catecholamine‐secreting glomus jugulare tumor with gamma knife radiosurgery
Castrucci WA, Chiang VL, Hulinsky I, Knisely JP. Biochemical and clinical responses after treatment of a catecholamine‐secreting glomus jugulare tumor with gamma knife radiosurgery. Head & Neck 2010, 32: 1720-1727. PMID: 19787788, DOI: 10.1002/hed.21242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlomus jugulare tumorsGamma knife radiosurgeryJugulare tumorsKnife radiosurgeryFunctional capacitySingle-fraction gamma knife radiosurgeryTumor growthMinimal treatment-related morbidityPrimary radiation therapyTreatment-related morbiditySignificant symptomatic improvementLocal tumor growthCatecholamine blockadeHypertensive crisisSymptomatic improvementClinical responseCatecholamine levelsPharmacologic blockadeRadiation therapyDurable controlRadiosurgeryBlockadeTumorsTreatmentMorbidity