MAA ENT hosptial removes tumor from ear
A 60 yrs old female presented to us with complain of ringing sensation of sound in to the left ear for last 10 yrs. She has visited many ENT doctors in the two states and she was diagnosed to have a tumor in her ear and was suggested to go for surgery at Mumbai. Meanwhile she has developed facial paralysis on the left side four months back. She was diagnosed as glomus Jugulare tumor which originating from a major vessels of the neck called internal jagular vein ( it is a very large vessel which carries blood from brain to heart) and extending to skull base( skull base is bone between the brain and neck) . It was involving the carotid artery which is a major artery for the blood supply to the brain and head. On 27th Jan a team of Ent surgeon of MAA Ent hospital (including Dr. K R Meghanadh, Dr. R. Vidyasagar, Dr, Amitava, Dr. Sandip) successfully operated this without any major complication. It was removed from the skull base, internal jagular vein, middle ear and carotid artey. A nerve of facial expression which is called facial nerve was engulfed by the tumor and damaged which was repair by a cable graft and expected to recover in future. Presently patient is doing well.