Postoperative Radiographic Evaluation After Acoustic Neuroma and Glomus Jugulare Tumor Removal

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.