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glomus jugulare

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glomus jug·u·lar·e (jgy-lâr)
n.
A microscopic collection of chemoreceptor tissue in the adventitia of the bulb of the jugular vein.

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High-resolution computed tomography (CT) was ordered in order to differentiate a glomus tympanicum from a glomus jugulare.
To the best of our knowledge, only 3 cases of a simultaneous vestibular schwannoma and a glomus jugulare tumor have been previously reported in the literature.
The work-up involved an attempt to determine if the vascular mass was a glomus tympanicum or a glomus jugulare.
 
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