Glomus Carotid

Glomus carotid

Glomus carotid (Latin name - *Glomus caroticium*) is a typical pathology affecting the veins of the internal carotid artery. Glomus (Latin glomus “sponge”, English “little blood vessel”) are macrophage-like organisms discovered in 1868 by the German pathologist Jacob Hildebrandt and mentioned in his book.

Often these tumors are acquired as a result of a cystic aneurysm of a congenital or acquired nature, blood from the intracranium