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Glomus jugulare tumor is of rare occurrence among Japanese.
The authors report three cases, all of which had been treated by operation. However, two of the three cases recurred in several years.
The two cases that recurred were tumors adhering to the jugular bulb where the separation caused considerable bleeding during the initial surgery.
The key factor in surgery would be that whether the surgeon know exactly the relation of the tumor to the jugular bulb prior to surgery.
In case where the adhesions are too close to the jugular bulb the tumor would have to be removed by infratemporal fossa approach and ligating the internal jugular vein prior to the separation by for a complete removal of tumor without being complicated with recurrence.
